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Cairo Tower in Cairo, Egypt

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Cairo Tower

1961 · Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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Seed wave 49 image for Cairo Tower.

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Cairo Tower

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt · City-level coordinates only

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1961 · Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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1950 · Hellebaek, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19611950
PlaceCairo, Cairo Governorate, EgyptHellebaek, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Place contextCairo, Cairo Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Bornholm regional municipality, Bornholm regional municipality, Denmark
Climate15°C · 13.1h daylight · 2 km/h wind5°C · 14.6h daylight · 28 km/h wind · via Svaneke water tower
FocusObservation tower14 works in corpus
Architects
  • Naoum Shebib
  • Jorn Utzon
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Naoum Shebib

Notable works

  • Svaneke water tower
  • Utzon's House in Hellebæk
  • Kingo Houses
  • Melli Bank, University of Tehran Branch
Typologies
  • tower
  • landmark
  • observation tower
  • house
  • performance venue
  • tower
  • housing
  • civic building
  • education
  • campus building
  • cultural
Materials
  • concrete
  • wood
  • steel
  • concrete
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • 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.
  • 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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