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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Damlūjī, Salmá Samar, author.

Bertini, Viola, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fathy, Hassan--Criticism and interpretation.

Fathy, Hassan.

Architecture--Egypt--History--20th century.

Architecture.

Sustainable architecture--Egypt.

Sustainable architecture.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Egypt.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

368 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 34 cm

Other Title:

Earth & utopia

Earth and utopia

Place of Publication:

London : Laurence King, 2018.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Fathy, Hassan. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

9781786272614

178627261X

OCLC:

1043458306