Mohamed Elshahed

Cairo Since 1900

An Architectural Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The city of a thousand minarets is also the city of eclectic modern constructions, turn-of-the-century revivalism and romanticism, concrete expressionism, and modernist design

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The American University in Cairo Press
• Seitenzahl: 407
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 149mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9789774168697
• ISBN-10: 9774168690
• Artikelnr.: 53123922

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Mohamed Elshahed

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword by Mercedes
Volait................................................................................................................17
Acknowledgments..........................................................................................................19
Building
Selection........................................................................................................................23
Introduction........................................................................................................................27
Glossary..................................................................................................................................43
Maps.....................................................................................................................................53
Historic
Cairo.................................................................................................................69
1. Al-Azhar Administration,
1936..................................................................................72
2. Muhammad Abduh Auditorium,
1946....................................................................73
3. Museum of Islamic Art and National Library,
1903...................................................74
4. Al-Rifai Mosque,
1912................................................................................................76
5. Mustafa Kamel Mausoleum,
1947............................................................................78
6. Hassanein Bey Mausoleum,
1946............................................................................79
7. Al-Azhar Park,
2004....................................................................................................80
Downtown.....................................................................................................................83
8. Egyptian Museum,
1902............................................................................................86
9. Arab Socialist Union (demolished),
1959.................................................................87
10. Nile Hilton Hotel (Ritz Carlton),
1953-58...............................................................88
11. League of Arab States,
1955..................................................................................89
12. Qasr al-Nil Bridge,
1933...........................................................................................90
13. Omar Makram Mosque,
1948...............................................................................91
14. Al-Mugammaa,
1951...............................................................................................92
15. AUC Science Building (demolished),
1966............................................................94
16. Aziz Bahari Buildings (Tahrir Square),
1934.........................................................95
17. Cleopatra Palace Hotel,
1962..................................................................................96
18. Khoury Building,
1941.............................................................................................97
19. Baehler Buildings, 1920s,
1934..............................................................................98
20. Misr Insurance Company Offices,
1950..............................................................100
21. Misr Insurance Company Offices,
1952..............................................................101
22. Ahmed Kamel Pacha Building,
1936....................................................................102
23. AUC Jameel Building,
1989..................................................................................103
24. AUC Library (Greek Campus),
1978.....................................................................104
25. Bab al-Louq Station,
1932....................................................................................106
26. Chamber of Commerce,
1955..............................................................................107
27. Strand Building,
1957...........................................................................................108
28. Al-Tabbakh Mosque,
1931...................................................................................109
29. Awqaf Administration,
1898-1929......................................................................110
30. Alexandria Insurance Company,
1952................................................................112
31. Immobilia Building,
1940.......................................................................................114
32. Central Bank,
1930-47.........................................................................................116
33. Murad Wahba Pasha Building,
1949.................................................................117
34. Ayrout Building,
1937..........................................................................................118
35. Radio Tower,
1954................................................................................................119
36. Church and Convent of Saint Joseph,
1909.....................................................120
37. Banque Misr,
1927................................................................................................121
38. Banque Misr Tower,
1985....................................................................................121
39. Aziz Bahari Buildings (Mustafa Kamel Square),
1938.......................................122
40. Assicurazioni Generali Building,
1939................................................................123
41. Crédit Foncier Égyptien,
1903.............................................................................124
42. Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue,
1905................................................................125
43. Tiring Department Store,
1912...........................................................................126
44. Sednaoui Department Store,
1913.....................................................................127
45. Khedival Buildings,
1911......................................................................................128
46. George and Helal Shammaa Building,
1952......................................................129
47. Misr Petroleum Company,
1948.........................................................................130
48. Arabic Music Institute,
1923................................................................................131
49. Egyptian Society of Engineers,
1923-46.............................................................132
50. Abdel Hamid al-Shawarbi Pasha Building,
1925...............................................133
51. High Court,
1924-34.............................................................................................134
52. La Genevoise,
1937...............................................................................................136
53. Waqf Gamalian Buildings,
1940..........................................................................137
54. Ouzonian Building,
1949......................................................................................138
55. Al-Nasr Import-Export Company,
1964.............................................................139
Bulaq..................................................................................................................141
56. Nefertiti Hotel (proposed),
1962.........................................................................144
57. Ramses Hilton Hotel,
1976-79............................................................................145
58. TV and Radio Administration,
1960....................................................................146
59. Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
1994.........................................................................147
60. Nile Tower (proposed),
2007...............................................................................148
61. St. Regis Hotel,
2018.............................................................................................149
62. World Trade Center,
1988....................................................................................150
63. Akhbar al-Yom Building,
1948.............................................................................151
64. Al-Ahram Building,
1968......................................................................................152
65. Turguman Regeneration Plan (proposed),
1967...............................................153
66. Maspero Triangle Master Plan (proposed),
2015..............................................154
Sayeda Zeinab &
Abdeen............................................................................................157
67. Cultural Park for Children,
1990.........................................................................160
68. Waqf of Raafat Bey,
1940.....................................................................................162
69. Al-Sharq Cinema,
1947.........................................................................................162
70. Dar al-Hilal Printing Press,
1945..........................................................................163
71. Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum,
1931........................................................................164
72. Misr Insurance Company,
1947..........................................................................166
73. Zeinhom Housing Development,
1955-2007....................................................168
74. National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC),
1984-2017......................169
Garden
City..................................................................................................................171
75. Al Chams Building,
1949......................................................................................174
76. Cairo Center Office Building,
1969.....................................................................176
77. Embassy of the United States of America,
1989...............................................177
78. Egyptian Company for Real Estate Investment,
1940......................................178
79. Petroleum Cooperative Society,
1957................................................................180
80. Mobil Building,
1959.............................................................................................181
81. Serageldin Palace,
1908.......................................................................................182
82. Residential Building (2 al-Fasqiya Street),
1938................................................183
83. Houd al-Laban Building,
1960s...........................................................................184
84. Sabet Sabet Building,
1958..................................................................................185
85. Arab African International Bank,
c.2000............................................................186
86. Ibrahimiya School,
1939.......................................................................................187
87. Residential Building (2 Ittihad al-Muhamiyin Street),
1940s............................188
88. Egyptian Medical Syndicate (Dar al-Hikma),
1949.............................................189
Manial..............................................................................................................191
89. Le Méridien Hotel,
1974.......................................................................................194
90. Qasr al-Aini Medical School,
1923-33.................................................................195
91. Manial Palace,
1901-29.........................................................................................196
92. Saraya Ahmed Mustafa Abu Rehab,
1949.........................................................198
93. Ibrahim Mosque,
1945.........................................................................................199
Giza...................................................................................................................201
94. Cairo University Hall,
1937...................................................................................204
95. Al-Shafiq Building,
1948.......................................................................................206
96. Halim Dos Bey Building,
1937.............................................................................208
97. Misr Insurance Company,
1961..........................................................................210
98. Villa Anis Serageldin (demolished),
1934...........................................................211
99. Villa William Habib (demolished),
1933..............................................................212
100. Villa Cassab (demolished),
1940.......................................................................213
101. Villa Dr. Kamal Abdel Razeq (demolished),
1947............................................214
102. Villa Ibrahim al-Kassas Bey (demolished),
1948..............................................215
Dokki &
Agouza...........................................................................................................217
103. Aziz Abdel Malik Hanna Building,
1937............................................................220
104. Faisal Bank,
2000................................................................................................221
105. State Council,
c.1990..........................................................................................222
106. Goethe-Institut,
2016.........................................................................................223
107. Mohandes Insurance Headquarters,
1999......................................................224
108. Embassy of the Czech Republic,
1980..............................................................225
109. Ahram Beverages Company,
1900...................................................................226
110. National Research Center,
1956.......................................................................227
111. Musaddaq Office Building,
1995.......................................................................228
112. Mahmoud Othman Building,
1955...................................................................229
113. Al-Kateb Hospital,
1946......................................................................................230
114. Bishara Building,
1937.......................................................................................231
115. Agouza Hospital,
1939........................................................................................232
116. Shahrazad Hotel,
c.1982....................................................................................233
Mohandiseen
...............................................................................................................235
117. Madinat al-Awqaf,
1948.....................................................................................238
118. Media City Apartments,
1959............................................................................239
119. National Center for Social and Criminological Research,
1959.....................240
120. Sphinx
Cinema,1965..........................................................................................241
121. Residential Building (26 Gameat al-Diwal al-Arabiya Street),
1986..............242
122. City Central Premium Offices,
2017.................................................................243
123. Residential Building (16 Lebanon Street),
1980s............................................244
124. Villa Shawky,
1968..............................................................................................245
125. Villa Badran,
1971...............................................................................................246
Imbaba...........................................................................................................249
126. Imbaba Bridge,
1924..........................................................................................252
127. New Amiriya Printing Press,
1973...................................................................253
128. Workers' City,
1950.............................................................................................254
129. Tahrir City,
1958..................................................................................................256
130. Giza Park,
2013...................................................................................................257
Zamalek..........................................................................................................259
131. Exhibition Grounds,
1936-49.............................................................................262
132. Opera House,
1988.............................................................................................263
133. Mahmoud Mukhtar Museum,
1962.................................................................264
134. 1952 Revolution Museum (unfinished),
1951-2009.......................................265
135. Cairo Tower,
1961...............................................................................................266
136. Nabil Amr Ibrahim Palace,
1923.......................................................................268
137. All Saints Cathedral,
1988..................................................................................269
138. Forte Tower (unfinished),
1976.........................................................................270
139. Islamic Congress Secretariat (proposed),
1957...............................................271
140. Rodrigue Flats,
1945...........................................................................................272
141. Lebon Building,
1950..........................................................................................273
142. Henri and Georges Boinet Building,
1934.......................................................274
143. Ali Labib Gabr Building,
1951............................................................................275
144. Zamalek Tower (Wahbi Mousa Soliman Building),
1953................................276
145. Dar al-Hana (Madame Khayyat Building),
1938..............................................278
146. Villa Umm Kulthoum (demolished),
1936........................................................279
147. Virgin Mary Church (al-Maraashli Church),
1959............................................280
148. Sedky Pasha Building,
1947...............................................................................281
Shubra..............................................................................................................283
149. Corniche al-Nil Towers,
1992.............................................................................286
150. Rod al-Farag Market,
1947.................................................................................287
151. Don Bosco Italian Technical Institute,
1926....................................................288
152. Khazindara Mosque,
1927.................................................................................290
153. Saint Teresa Church,
1931................................................................................291
Daher &
Abbasiya........................................................................................................293
154. Church of Collège de la Salle Frères School,
1955..........................................296
155. Al-Halabi Print House,
1937...............................................................................297
156. Residential Building (35 Sabil al-Khazindar Street),
1931..............................298
157. École Alliance Israélite Universelle,
1928........................................................299
158. Waqf Inji Zada,
1937...........................................................................................300
159. October Bridge,
1969-99....................................................................................301
160. Boutros Ghali Memorial Church,
1911.............................................................302
161. Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral,
1968.................................................................303
162. 23 July Development,
1962................................................................................304
163. Ain Shams University Lecture Halls,
1969.......................................................305
164. Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University,
1933.......................................306
165. Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque,
1966.................................................................307
Heliopolis......................................................................................................309
166. Waqf Asmaa Hanem Halim,
1948.....................................................................312
167. Heliopolis (Ferial) Hospital,
1955......................................................................314
168. Saint Catherine's Church,
1950.........................................................................316
169. Le Méridien Hotel,
1987.....................................................................................317
170. Society for Culture and Development,
1997...................................................318
171. Heliopolis War Cemetery,
1941........................................................................318
172. Baron Empain Palace,
1911...............................................................................319
173. Cathedral of Our Lady of Heliopolis,
1910......................................................320
174. Fayza Hanem Owais Building,
1949................................................................322
175. Mahallawy Building,
1949..................................................................................323
176. Residential Building (Sesostris/Mamoun Streets),
1911...............................324
177. Cinema Farouk,
1949........................................................................................325
178. Heliopolis Company Buildings,
1908................................................................326
179. Elias Bey Rizq Building,
1948.............................................................................328
180. Regine Khoury Building,
1934...........................................................................328
181. Fattouh Bey Guinenah Building,
1941..............................................................329
182. Merryland Apartments,
1958............................................................................330
183. Merryland Park,
1963.........................................................................................332
184. Madinat Ghernata,
1928....................................................................................334
185. Debbane Bey Building,
1940.............................................................................335
186. Gamal Abdel Nasser Museum,
2017................................................................336
187. Villa Kamel Bek Abdel Halim (demolished),
1932...........................................337
188. Villa Mrs. Valadji (demolished),
1933................................................................337
Nasr
City.......................................................................................................................339
189. Nasr City Plan,
1953...........................................................................................342
190. Al-Azhar University Campus,
1962-65..............................................................344
191. Cairo International Stadium,
1960...................................................................346
192. Expo City (proposed),
2009................................................................................347
193. Unknown Soldier Memorial,
1975....................................................................348
194. Military Parade Stands,
1960.............................................................................349
195. Government Sector,
1960..................................................................................350
196. Nasr City Company for Housing and Development headquarters,
1959....351
197. Housing Model 20, 1959
...................................................................................352
198. Housing Model 10,
1959....................................................................................353
199. Housing Model 15,
1959....................................................................................354
200. Nasr City Cinema (demolished),
1962..............................................................355
201. Al-Rahma Mosque,
1982....................................................................................356
202. Housing Model 22,
1959....................................................................................357
203. Housing Model 33,
1959.....................................................................................358
Maadi...........................................................................................................................361
204. Residential Building (Road 256),
1962..............................................................364
205. Saint Thérèse Church (proposed),
1950s.........................................................365
206. Maadi Mosque,
1938..........................................................................................366
207. Villa Sayed Karim,
1948......................................................................................367
208. Maadi Garden Villas,
1949.................................................................................370
209. Maadi Palace Building,
1996.............................................................................371
210. Supreme Constitutional Court,
1999................................................................372
211. Maadi Towers,
1987...........................................................................................373
Outskirts.....................................................................................................................375
212. The American University in Cairo,
2008...........................................................378
213. Bank ABC,
2018...................................................................................................380
214. Unity Building,
2015...........................................................................................381
215. Cairo International Airport,
1963......................................................................382
216. Abusir House 2,
2003.........................................................................................384
217. Harraniya Arts Center,
1951-72........................................................................386
218. Farouk Resthouse,
1946....................................................................................387
219. Grand Egyptian Museum, projected
2022.......................................................388
220. Pyramid House, 2009-19...................................