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New Gourna near Luxor, Egypt

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New Gourna

1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

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New Gourna

Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt · Exact work coordinates

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New GournaNew Gourna

1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Adolf LoosAdolf Loos

1896 · Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1946-19521896
PlaceLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptVienna, Vienna, Austria
Place contextLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Innere Stadt, Innere Stadt, Austria
Climate25°C · 12.9h daylight · 16 km/h wind9°C · 14.0h daylight · 7 km/h wind · via Café Museum
FocusVillage and housing settlement5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Hassan Fathy
  • Adolf Loos
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Hassan Fathy

Notable works

  • Café Museum
  • Looshaus
  • Rufer House
  • Villa Muller
Typologies
  • housing
  • settlement
  • village
  • masterplan
  • museum
  • housing
  • house
  • villa
  • modernism
Materials
  • adobe
  • mud brick
  • earth
  • stucco
  • concrete
  • timber
Carbon signals

Adobe, Brick, and Earth look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Adobe
  • Brick
  • Earth

Concrete and Stucco look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Stucco
Lower-carbon levers
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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