Hassan Fathy: The Architect Who Built for People Before Building for Them

Name: Hassan Fathy: The Architect Who Built for People Before Building for Them
Author: Imad Darouich

حسن فتحي: المعماري الذي بنى للناس قبل أن يبني لهم بيوتًا

Ten chapters on the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy and his mud-brick architecture, from his early years and New Gourna village to his thinking on climate, cost and social housing. The later chapters apply his ideas to rebuilding in the Arab world and Syria and imagine a dialogue between the architect and the soil.

Format: PDF ebook
Languages: Arabic and English
Collection: Architects

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Hassan Fathy: The Architect Who Built for People Before Building for Them

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