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This classic explores the symbolism of classical architecture. A milestone in relating mysticism to design, it shows the correlation between mythology and the design of St. Paul's Cathedral, the Taj Mahal, the Palace of Versailles, and other architectural masterpieces. This... Read more...
Keywords: achitecture, mysticism, myth, mythology, art, history, esoteric and occult, ancient mysteries, religion, mystery schools, hidden knowledge, secret knowledge
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THE FALL AND RISE OF NEW GOURNA
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- Ages 12 and up
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New Gourna village is the most famous and well-documented project designed by the late Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy. While some other villages were realised by the architect, only this work achieved immediate fame, and it has, in many respects, remained a controversial p... Read more...
Keywords: Hassan Fathy, New Gourna, Village Planning, Vernacular Architecture, Built Environment, Mud Brick, Earth Architectecture, Community Architecture, Self-help Buildings
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Prophet of Earth Architecture
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- 19627 Words
- Ages 14 and up
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The Egyptian architect and master builder, Hassan Fathy (1900-1989) was one of the first architects to found a new approach based on a conception of interpreting forms and masses from the past. He was unique in believing that this language could exist alongside that of an a... Read more...
Keywords: Hassan Fathy, Earth Architecture, Mud, Culture, Tradition, Luxor, Egypt, Housing the Poor
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Hassan Fathy in Athens
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- 8301 Words
- Ages 14 and up
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In 1957 the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy left Egypt for five years, going to Greece when Constantinos A. Doxiadis asked him to join his organisation in Athens. Although Fathy was recognised as a proponent of nationalistic attitudes, he left Egypt at the time when it had ... Read more...
Keywords: Hassan Fathy, Constantinos A. Doxiadis, Architecture, City of the Future, ekistics, Africa, Iraq Housing Programme, contemporaneity, Auto-Colonialism
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Hassan Fathy's Late Career
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- 14697 Words
- Ages 14 and up
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Hassan Fathy returned from Athens to live in Cairo in 1962. He was thoroughly depressed at the thought of having to live among the noisy, crowded streets of modern Cairo. However, he lived in a flat in the Aly Labib house, a Mamluk house built in the 18th century and was kn... Read more...
Keywords: Hassan Fathy, Cairo, Arab House, New Bariz, Dar Al-Islam, New Mexico, Nassif House, Jeddah, Kazerouni House, Shabramant, Tradition, Culture
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Within the Context of Egypt’s Cultural and Intellectual History
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- 11384 Words
- Ages 14 and up
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This book evolved out of the examination of the works of selected Egyptian architects, whose architectural views and approaches have had an outstanding influence on the development of Egypt’s twentieth century architecture. It contains an analysis of their architectural bac... Read more...
Keywords: Egypt, Architects, Culture, Tradition, Modern Architecture
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Hassan Fathy in the Context of 20th Century Architecture
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- 13866 Words
- Ages 14 and up
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Hassan Fathy is one of the most important architects of the twentieth century, whose works have had a widespread influence on the architecture of the Islamic world and whose ideas have extended to the Western world. This book focuses on the complexity of Fathy’s architectur... Read more...
Keywords: Hassan Fathy, Modern, Postmodern, Twentieth Century Architecture, Community, Earth
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Father of Skyscrapers in Egypt
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- 2028 Words
- Ages 14 and up
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Naoum Shebib (195-1985) is an Egyptian architect and structural engineer. He is considered as the “Father of Skyscraper” as well as modern architecture in Egypt. Throughout his career, Shebib was very keen to adapt innovative designs as well as invent new structural element... Read more...
Keywords: Naoum Shebib, Tall Buildings, Churches, Modern Architecture
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Hassan Fathy's Followers
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- 10044 Words
- Ages 14 and up
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Hassan Fathy's (1900-1989) ideas and philosophy opened opportunities and became a source of inspiration for architects to recognize and appreciate their traditional architecture. The response to Fathy’s approach from architects in the Developing World differed from that of ... Read more...
Keywords: Hassan Fathy, Followers, Tradition, Culture, Architecture, West-Non West Dialogue
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A Biography of a New Zealand Architect between 1967-1997
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- 9843 Words
- Ages 14 and up
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The New Zealand architect Roger Walker (b.1942) is one of the few architects who has created a new style which has affected the establishment and evolution of a New Zealand architectural identity. Walker was born when modern movement architecture started to appear in New Ze... Read more...
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