Contents
Foreword by Mercedes
Volait................................................................................................................17
Acknowledgments..........................................................................................................19
Building Selection........................................................................................................................23
Introduction........................................................................................................................27
Glossary..................................................................................................................................43
Maps.....................................................................................................................................53
Historic Cairo.................................................................................................................69
1. Al-Azhar Administration, 1936..................................................................................72
2. Muhammad Abduh Auditorium, 1946....................................................................73
3. Museum of Islamic Art and National Library, 1903...................................................74
4. Al-Rifai Mosque, 1912................................................................................................76
5. Mustafa Kamel Mausoleum, 1947............................................................................78
6. Hassanein Bey Mausoleum, 1946............................................................................79
7. Al-Azhar Park, 2004....................................................................................................80
Downtown.....................................................................................................................83
8. Egyptian Museum, 1902............................................................................................86
9. Arab Socialist Union (demolished), 1959.................................................................87
10. Nile Hilton Hotel (Ritz Carlton), 1953-58...............................................................88
11. League of Arab States, 1955..................................................................................89
12. Qasr al-Nil Bridge, 1933...........................................................................................90
13. Omar Makram Mosque, 1948...............................................................................91
14. Al-Mugammaa, 1951...............................................................................................92
15. AUC Science Building (demolished), 1966............................................................94
16. Aziz Bahari Buildings (Tahrir Square), 1934.........................................................95
17. Cleopatra Palace Hotel, 1962..................................................................................96
18. Khoury Building, 1941.............................................................................................97
19. Baehler Buildings, 1920s, 1934..............................................................................98
20. Misr Insurance Company Offices, 1950..............................................................100
21. Misr Insurance Company Offices, 1952..............................................................101
22. Ahmed Kamel Pacha Building, 1936....................................................................102
23. AUC Jameel Building, 1989..................................................................................103
24. AUC Library (Greek Campus), 1978.....................................................................104
25. Bab al-Louq Station, 1932....................................................................................106
26. Chamber of Commerce, 1955..............................................................................107
27. Strand Building, 1957...........................................................................................108
28. Al-Tabbakh Mosque, 1931...................................................................................109
29. Awqaf Administration, 1898-1929......................................................................110
30. Alexandria Insurance Company, 1952................................................................112
31. Immobilia Building, 1940.......................................................................................114
32. Central Bank, 1930-47.........................................................................................116
33. Murad Wahba Pasha Building, 1949.................................................................117
34. Ayrout Building, 1937..........................................................................................118
35. Radio Tower, 1954................................................................................................119
36. Church and Convent of Saint Joseph, 1909.....................................................120
37. Banque Misr, 1927................................................................................................121
38. Banque Misr Tower, 1985....................................................................................121
39. Aziz Bahari Buildings (Mustafa Kamel Square), 1938.......................................122
40. Assicurazioni Generali Building, 1939................................................................123
41. Crédit Foncier Égyptien, 1903.............................................................................124
42. Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue, 1905................................................................125
43. Tiring Department Store, 1912...........................................................................126
44. Sednaoui Department Store, 1913.....................................................................127
45. Khedival Buildings, 1911......................................................................................128
46. George and Helal Shammaa Building, 1952......................................................129
47. Misr Petroleum Company, 1948.........................................................................130
48. Arabic Music Institute, 1923................................................................................131
49. Egyptian Society of Engineers, 1923-46.............................................................132
50. Abdel Hamid al-Shawarbi Pasha Building, 1925...............................................133
51. High Court, 1924-34.............................................................................................134
52. La Genevoise, 1937...............................................................................................136
53. Waqf Gamalian Buildings, 1940..........................................................................137
54. Ouzonian Building, 1949......................................................................................138
55. Al-Nasr Import-Export Company, 1964.............................................................139
Bulaq..................................................................................................................141
56. Nefertiti Hotel (proposed), 1962.........................................................................144
57. Ramses Hilton Hotel, 1976-79............................................................................145
58. TV and Radio Administration, 1960....................................................................146
59. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1994.........................................................................147
60. Nile Tower (proposed), 2007...............................................................................148
61. St. Regis Hotel, 2018.............................................................................................149
62. World Trade Center, 1988....................................................................................150
63. Akhbar al-Yom Building, 1948.............................................................................151
64. Al-Ahram Building, 1968......................................................................................152
65. Turguman Regeneration Plan (proposed), 1967...............................................153
66. Maspero Triangle Master Plan (proposed), 2015..............................................154
Sayeda Zeinab & Abdeen............................................................................................157
67. Cultural Park for Children, 1990.........................................................................160
68. Waqf of Raafat Bey, 1940.....................................................................................162
69. Al-Sharq Cinema, 1947.........................................................................................162
70. Dar al-Hilal Printing Press, 1945..........................................................................163
71. Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum, 1931........................................................................164
72. Misr Insurance Company, 1947..........................................................................166
73. Zeinhom Housing Development, 1955-2007....................................................168
74. National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC), 1984-2017......................169
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