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Hassan Fathy : earth & utopia

Title: Hassan Fathy : earth & utopia / Salma Samar Damluji & Viola Bertini.
Author: Damlūjī, Salmá Samar
Publication: London : Laurence King, 2018.

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368 pages : illustrations (some color); 34 cm

Summary

Hassan Fathy is Egypt's best-known 20th-century architect. He was also a man of contradictions. He came from a wealthy background and had a western-style training. Yet he embraced traditional, vernacular forms, techniques, and materials and throughout his career promoted their use as part of a campaign to improve the conditions of Egypt's rural poor. 'Earth & Utopia' chronicles this lifelong commitment through personal interviews conducted by the author, photographs, and drawings from the Hassan Fathy archives, and Fathy's own writings on the subject, many of which are published for the first time. This beautiful, fascinating, and scholarly book will be essential reading for students, academics, and general readers interested in Fathy, and the development of Arab and vernacular architecture, earth construction, architecture for the poor, and sustainability.

Alternative Title

Earth & utopia
Earth and utopia

Subjects

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQG 19-97

ISBN

9781786272614
178627261X

OCLC

1043458306

Author

Damlūjī, Salmá Samar, author.

Title

Hassan Fathy : earth & utopia / Salma Samar Damluji & Viola Bertini.

Publisher

London : Laurence King, 2018.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Fathy, Hassan. Works. Selections.

Bertini, Viola, author.

Research Call Number

JQG 19-97

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