Hassan Fathy : an architectural life / edited by Leïla El-Wakil ; translated by Abigail Grater.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

El-Wakil, Leïla, editor.

Grater, Abigail, translator.

Standardized Title:

Hassan Fathy dans son temps. English.

Language:

Arabic

English

French

Subjects (All):

Fathy, Hassan.

Architecture.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Egypt.

Fathy, Hassan--Criticism and interpretation.

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

Architecture--Egypt--History--20th century--Designs and plans.

Architecture, Egyptian.

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

411 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 x 30 cm

Other Title:

Ḥasan Fatḥī

حسن فتحي

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2018.

Language Note:

Chiefly English; some text in Arabic.

Summary:

This fully illustrated volume represents the most comprehensive examination yet of the life and work of the great Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy (1900-89), and the regional and international significance of his contribution to the lived environment. Eleven Egyptian and international scholars reveal the man, his milieu, his goals and his passions, his concept of social living and his fight for a humane model for affordable housing in tune with the environment, the application of these concepts in his numerous plans and buildings, his relations with the establishment, the extent of his influence, and the lasting legacy of his completed projects. Generously illustrated with archival and color photographs and the architect's own distinctive and beautifully decorated gouache plans and elevations, many never previously published.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-408).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789774167898

9774167899

OCLC:

992544606