Haifa Street Development Plan was executed from 1981 to 1985, which was commissioned by Aminat Al Assima Baghdad. The street was named after the port city northern Palestine “Haifa”, due to the fact that the street was mainly designed for the Arab Summit, which should took place in Baghdad in 1981. The Iraqi government wanted to introduce a modern Baghdad to the visitors, hence Haifa Street. The Arab Summit did not take place because of the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War, but Haifa Street was built.
This is a booklet issued by Amanat Al Assima in 1985 describing the six completed phases of the project with site plans, coloured photographs and program details prepared by Alousi Associates Technical Studies.
Source: https://archnet.org/sites/5317/publications/3478
All Images source below from pdf available at https://www.archnet.org/publications/3478, accessed October 2021
The design of the building carries various forms that borrow from the traditional Iraqi architecture elements such as arcs.
