The recipients of the 2018 eleventh cycle of the Omrania | CSBE Student Award for Architectural Design.
 
210 entries were submitted for the 2018 eleventh cycle of the Omrania | CSBE Student Award for Architectural Design. Of these, 193 qualified for consideration by the Award. Those entries came from 40 universities in eleven countries in the Arab world: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates.

The Award jury consisted of Palestinian architect Elias Anastas, the design director at A.A.U. Anastas in Bethlehem and Paris, and the co-founder of Local Industries in Bethlehem; Jordanian architect Sahel Al Hiyari, principal architect at Sahel Al Hiyari and Partners in Amman; and Jordanian architect Ammar Khamash, principal architect and founder of Khammash Architects.

The Award jury members met in Amman on September 23 and 24, 2018 to evaluate the participating entries and select the winners. They identified one first-Place winner, to receive USD 8,000 in prize money, and two honorable mention projects, to receive USD 1,000 each.

First-Place Winning Project:
Relocation and Urban Reconciliation
By: Maria Bassil
Instructor: Elias Osko
Country: Lebanon
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):
185 En-Counters in Karm El-Zeitoun
By: Mohamad Nahleh
Instructor: Rana Haddad
Country: Lebanon
American University of Beirut

Tyr, the Mosaic City
By: Catherine Toni el Skaff
Instructor: Alphonse G Kai
Country: Lebanon
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik

An Award ceremony and exhibition is held for each cycle to honor the recipients and exhibit the participants' graduation projects. The Award ceremonies and exhibitions have been held in a number of cities in the Arab world, including Amman, Beirut, Sharjah, Irbid, and Manama. The Award ceremony and exhibition for this cycle will be held in Amman on November 26, 2018.

 For more information, please contact CSBE at postmaster@csbe.org or telephone number (+9626) 461 5297

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