Hassan Fathy : an architectural life / edited by Leïla El-Wakil
Contributor(s): El-Wakil, Leïla [editor.].
Publisher: Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, ©2018Description: 411 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 x 30 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789774167898.Other title: حسن فتحي Other title: Ḥasan Fatḥī.Subject(s): Fathy, Hassan | Fathy, Hassan -- Criticism and interpretation | Architecture -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century | Architecture -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century -- Designs and plans | Architecture, EgyptianGenre/Form: Architectural drawings. | Criticism, interpretation, etc. | History. | Print books.Summary: This fully illustrated volume represents the most comprehensive examination yet of the life and work of the great Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy (1900-89), and the regional and international significance of his contribution to the lived environment. Eleven Egyptian and international scholars reveal the man, his milieu, his goals and his passions, his concept of social living and his fight for a humane model for affordable housing in tune with the environment, the application of these concepts in his numerous plans and buildings, his relations with the establishment, the extent of his influence, and the lasting legacy of his completed projects. Generously illustrated with archival and color photographs and the architect's own distinctive and beautifully decorated gouache plans and elevations, many never previously published| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | NA1585.F37 H37 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000014869 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-408)
This fully illustrated volume represents the most comprehensive examination yet of the life and work of the great Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy (1900-89), and the regional and international significance of his contribution to the lived environment. Eleven Egyptian and international scholars reveal the man, his milieu, his goals and his passions, his concept of social living and his fight for a humane model for affordable housing in tune with the environment, the application of these concepts in his numerous plans and buildings, his relations with the establishment, the extent of his influence, and the lasting legacy of his completed projects. Generously illustrated with archival and color photographs and the architect's own distinctive and beautifully decorated gouache plans and elevations, many never previously published
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