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Architecture for the poor : an experiment in rural Egypt.

Title: Architecture for the poor : an experiment in rural Egypt.
Author: Fathy, Hassan
Publication: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1973.

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Description

xvi, 233 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Architecture for the Poor describes Hassan Fathy's plan for building the village of New Gourna, near Luxor, Egypt, without the use of more modern and expensive materials such as steel and concrete. Using mud bricks, the native technique that Fathy learned in Nubia, and such traditional Egyptian architectural designs as enclosed courtyards and vaulted roofing, Fathy worked with the villagers to tailor his designs to their needs. He taught them how to work with the bricks, supervised the erection of the buildings, and encouraged the revival of such ancient crafts as claustra (lattice designs in the mudwork) to adorn the buildings.

Uniform Title

Gourna

Alternative Title

Gourna

Subject

Note

Published in 1969 under title: Gourna: a tale of two villages.

ISBN

0226239152
9780226239156
0226239160
9780226239163

LCCN

72095133

OCLC

ocm00691214
691214
SCSB-307617

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Princeton University Library