Title & Author:

Discovering Downtown Cairo : architecture ... and stories / Vittoria Capresi, Barbara Pampe (eds.).

Publication:

Berlin : Jovis, 2015.

Description:

271 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Guide.
Book has special paperback binding with only one side fixed to the book (spine not attached).
Copyright Summer School Downtown Cairo.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-269).
Foreword : Recording downtown Cairo / Mercedes Volait -- Talking about downtown / Vittoria Capresi, Barbara Pampe -- The making of Ismailiyya and the origins of downtown / Ralph Bodenstein -- Tawakul building (aka Café Riche building) / Karim El Sayed -- Wust el Balad and Nasser's policies / Ola Seif -- Cairo : city of books / Stefan Winkler -- Balconies into the city / Vittoria Capresi -- Emad el-Din Street / Galila El Kadi -- The unexpected : housing typology in downtown Cairo / Barbara Pampe -- Educational missions abroad and the affirmation of Egyptian architects in Egypt / Shayma' Samir 'Ashur -- Downtown as seen by a modernist / Mohamed El Shahed -- Antoine Selim Hahas (1901-1966) : creating a new scale and program for residential buildings / Shayma' Samir 'Ashur.

Summary:

This scholarly guide presents a detailed survey of the plans and typologies of apartment buildings from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in downtown Cairo. It also maps the changes in use of these spaces over time and shares some of the inhabitants' stories.

ISBN:

9783868592962 (paperback)
3868592962 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture Egypt Cairo Guidebooks.
Apartment houses Egypt Cairo Designs and plans.
Central business districts Egypt Cairo Guidebooks.
Architecture Égypte Le Caire Guides.
Apartment houses
Architecture
Buildings
Central business districts
Cairo (Egypt) Buildings, structures, etc. Guidebooks.
Egypt Cairo

Form/genre:

travel guidebooks.
Architectural drawings
Guidebooks
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Capresi, Vittoria, editor.
Pampe, Barbara, 1973- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290119
Call No.: BIB 232909
Status: Available