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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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Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt · Exact work coordinates

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1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

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Zürich, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1946-1952Unrecorded
PlaceLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptZürich, Switzerland
Place contextLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Climate32°C · 12.9h daylight · 21 km/h wind25°C · 13.0h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
FocusVillage and housing settlement6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Hassan Fathy
  • Herzog & de Meuron
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Hassan Fathy

Notable works

  • Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
  • Tate Modern
  • Beirut Terraces
  • Elbphilharmonie
Typologies
  • housing
  • settlement
  • village
  • masterplan
  • house
  • performance venue
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • housing
  • residential tower
  • high-rise
Materials
  • adobe
  • mud brick
  • earth
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • stone
  • wood
Carbon signals

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

  • Adobe
  • Brick
  • Earth

Concrete, Steel, and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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