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Product Identifiers
PublisherKing Publishing, Laurence
ISBN-10178627261X
ISBN-139781786272614
eBay Product ID (ePID)21038501422
Product Key Features
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHassan Fathy : Earth and Utopia. with Original Texts by Hassan Fathy
SubjectIndividual Architects & Firms / Monographs
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArchitecture
AuthorViola Bertini, Salma Samar Damluji
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight100.2 Oz
Item Length13.2 in
Item Width10.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
IllustratedYes
SynopsisHassan 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.
As told toFathy, Hassan
