Designed by TDF+, this New Cairo villa presents a refreshing blend of art and architecture. The space is an exhibition, a carefully composed sequence of living areas that double as showcases for artistic expression. Here, practicality dances with sophistication, and the walls do more than house—they converse with residents and guests alike, telling a story […]
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the highly anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. The world’s largest museum, which was designed by Dublin studio Heneghan Peng Architects, has been captured ahead of its opening in Giza, Egypt. Commissioned by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, The Grand Egyptian Museum is
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The long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum by Dublin studio Heneghan Peng Architects has been captured ahead of its scheduled opening in Giza, Egypt, later this year. In the photos shared by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the colossal building, also known as the Giza Museum, is framed against the Pyramids of Giza. Heneghan Peng Architects’ design
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Architects must take greater accountability for their sector to help decarbonise the built environment, says UN Race to Zero ambassador Sarah El Battouty in this exclusive interview from the final day of the COP27 climate conference. “For years and years, we’ve had everyone create a silly building design and then stick a couple of solar
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This video shows the recently completed Gouna Festival Plaza designed by London-based Studio Seilern Architects in the resort town of El Gouna. Enclosed in a trio of L-shaped colonnades, the plaza was created to house the Gouna Conference and Culture Centre, which are set to be built within it over the next couple of years. Rising to
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London-based Studio Seilern Architects has enclosed the Gouna Festival Plaza in the Red Sea resort of El Gouna, Egypt, with a trio of colonnades. Built within an artificial lagoon, the plaza is the first stage of the Gouna Conference and Culture Centre, which was designed to be a landmark cultural destination for the resort town. “Our client
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In the final instalment of our exclusive video series with Counterspace founder Sumayya Vally, the South African architect discusses the role of recipes in her Material Histories project for the Istanbul Design Biennial. The Material Histories project comprised a series of abstract maps that depict the origins of popular dishes. The maps were printed on
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Foster + Partners has revealed visuals of the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre Cairo hospital in Egypt that will prioritise connecting patients with nature to boost their wellbeing. Now under construction in Cairo, the 300-bed hospital will have a shell-like roofscape and nestle within a “lush, verdant landscape” that offers views of a lake and
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Italian architect Stefano Boeri has designed three cube-shaped vertical forest apartments blocks for Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, which is being built to the east of Cairo. Boeri collaborated with Egyptian designer Shimaa Shalash and Italian landscape architect Laura Gatti on the three seven-storey apartment buildings. The New Administrative Capital is being built in the desert
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Architects Mouaz Abouzaid, Bassel Omara and Ahmed Hammad have proposed creating micro homes from shipping containers, called Sheltainers, for people living in Cairo’s cemeteries. Sheltainer, which was the winner of the World Architecture Festival’s WAFX Ethics and Value category, would re-purpose shipping containers to re-house people currently living in informal settlements that have grown up in the city’s cemeteries. The
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