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New Gourna near Luxor, Egypt
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

Michael Graves Architecture & DesignMichael Graves Architecture & Design

1964 · Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1946-19521964
PlaceLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
Place contextLuxor, Luxor Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Minneapolis, Minneapolis, United States
Climate24°C · 12.9h daylight · 4 km/h wind10°C · 13.9h daylight · 1 km/h wind · via Minneapolis Institute of Art
FocusVillage and housing settlement15 works in corpus
Architects
  • Hassan Fathy
  • Michael Graves
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Hassan Fathy

Notable works

  • Minneapolis Institute of Art
  • Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Michael C. Carlos Museum
  • Louwman Museum
Typologies
  • housing
  • settlement
  • village
  • masterplan
  • museum
  • library
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • office
  • performance venue
  • hospitality
Materials
  • adobe
  • mud brick
  • earth
  • timber
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Adobe
  • Brick
  • Earth

Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Stone
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.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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