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The Cairo Tower (Egyptian Arabic: برج القاهرة, Borg El-Qāhira) is a free-standing concrete tower in Cairo, Egypt. At 187 m (614 ft), it was the tallest structure in Egypt for 37 years until 1998, when it was surpassed by the Suez Canal overhead powerline crossing .
The overall plan for the new Cairo development project, led by the Egyptian Ministry of Housing, includes 20 high-rises in the complex surrounding Iconic Tower. [8] It was planned and inspired by the shape of a pharaonic obelisk, with the glass exterior representing the Egyptian god Amun’s Shuti crown. Iconic tower from below
The Cairo Tower by Naoum Shebib. Naoum Shebib (1915–1985), (or Naoum Chebib,نعوم شبيب) was an Egyptian architect. [1] He is considered one of the 'pioneer Egyptian architects' and a practitioner of Modernist architecture in Egypt.
The Cairo Tower, a 187-meter tall observation tower with a lotus-motif design, was built between 1955 and 1961 [99] and designed by Egyptian architect Naoum Shebib. [100] It was the tallest all-concrete structure in the world upon completion [99] and it is the most recognizable symbol of post-1952 Egyptian architecture. [100]
Egyptian Revival is an architectural style that uses the motifs and imagery of ancient Egypt.It is attributed generally to the public awareness of ancient Egyptian monuments generated by Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798, and Admiral Nelson's defeat of the French Navy at the Battle of the Nile later that year.
Some fine examples of the Coptic textile are shown in museums all over the world and a large collection is in the Coptic Museum in Coptic Cairo [8] Tens of thousands of coloured fragments found their way into the museums of the world, especially after 1889 when the French archaeologist Albert Gayet published a catalogue of Coptic art and, in ...
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