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New Gourna

New Gourna is Hassan Fathy’s best-known village-planning project near Luxor, developed around earthen construction, climate-responsive form, and a critique of imported building systems.

masterplan

built

1946-1952

Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Village and housing settlement

housing settlement village masterplan adobe mud brick earth Village and housing settlement

Adobe Brick Earth

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New Gourna gallery

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Hassan Fathy

1900-1989 · Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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Hassan Fathy was an Egyptian architect known for climate-responsive adobe construction, village planning, and a sustained critique of imported modern building systems.

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Hassan Fathy

studio · Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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