Career
He designed the Municipality of Amman in Ras al Ayn, and he belongs to several important committees including that of the National Gallery. Ja'afar Tuqan also designed the Royal Automobile Museum in Amman Jordan, as well as the Central Bank of Jordan building. He is the recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for his 1991 design of a Children's Village - Aqaba, Jordan.
Tuqan is also on the Board of Trustees of the Palestinian Art Court – Al Hoash. Tuqan graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1960. He is the son of the prominent Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan, writer of the famous poem Mawtini, the current national anthem of Iraq.
He died on November 25th, 2014 in Amman, Jordan.