Hassan Fathy and continuity in Islamic arts and architecture
Subtitle: the birth of a new modern
By: Ahmad Hamid
Publisher: American University  in Cairo Press; The American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cairo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9789774163418
Subjects: Designs and plans; Criticism and interpretation; Architecture; Islamic architecture
Description: This book provides new insights into Egytpian erchitect Hassan Fathy's profuse, pathbreaking design documents and built projects, while exploring the socioeconomic, environmental, psychological, and esthetic components of Fathy's work in the light of a quest for a new universal modernity for the 21st century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-[198]) and index.