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Amman Design Week 2026 Returns with "Accumulations," Exploring the Layers of Place, Material, and Memory

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Following its last edition in 2019, Amman Design Week returns from October 2-17, 2026, bringing more than 220 designers and participants together across exhibitions, installations, public-space projects, talks, workshops, and performances in Jordan. The fourth edition unfolds across Ras El Ain, Jabal Al Lweibdeh, Jabal Amman, Iraq Al Amir, and, for the first time, Aqaba. Founded by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah in 2016, the event returns under the theme "Accumulations," looking at how materials, memories, knowledge, labor, and everyday practices gather over time and become part of the places people inhabit. The theme also gives the 2026 edition a clear relationship with the city itself.

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UAE Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Explores Abundance in Arid Environments

Aridly Abundant is the title of the body of research being exhibited at the UAE National Pavilion at the 18th annual International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The Pavilion was curated by Faysal Tabbarah, Associate Dean and Professor of Architecture at the College of Architecture, Art, and Design at the American University of Sharjah. The exhibition explores the possibility of architectural possibilities in, with, and for arid landscapes.

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Faysal Tabbarah Appointed Curator of the National Pavilion UAE at the 2023 Venice Biennale

The National Pavilion UAE has announced the appointment of Faysal Tabbarah, Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Architecture at the American University of Sharjah, as the curator of UAE’s pavilion for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2023. Tabbarah’s proposal for the exhibition focuses on the arid and dry landscapes of the UAE and their relationship with architecture. Through the research, these areas are reimagined as spaces of abundance and productivity. This approach represents Faysal Tabbarah’s response to the Venice Biennale 2023 theme: The Laboratory of the Future.