Discovering Downtown Cairo : architecture... and stories /

Discovering Downtown Cairo : architecture... and stories /

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Main Author: Capresi, Vittoria (Author)

Other Authors: Pampe, Barbara, 1973-

Format: Book

Language: English

Subjects:

Apartment houses > Egypt > Cairo > Designs and plans.
Architecture > Egypt > Cairo > Guidebooks.
Cairo (Egypt) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Guidebooks.

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Call Number: NA1583 .D57

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword : Recording downtown Cairo / Mercedes Volait
  • Talking about downtown / Vittoria Capresi, Barbara Pampe
  • The making of Ismailiyya and the origins of downtown / Ralph Bodenstein
  • Tawakul building (aka Café Riche building) / Karim El Sayed
  • Wust el Balad and Nasser's policies / Ola Seif
  • Cairo : city of books / Stefan Winkler
  • Balconies into the city / Vittoria Capresi
  • Emad el-Din Street / Galila El Kadi
  • The unexpected : housing typology in downtown Cairo / Barbara Pampe
  • Educational missions abroad and the affirmation of Egyptian architects in Egypt / Shayma' Samir 'Ashur
  • Downtown as seen by a modernist / Mohamed El Shahed
  • Antoine Selim Hahas (1901-1966) : creating a new scale and program for residential buildings / Shayma' Samir 'Ashur.