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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 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.
Structure Pinnacle height Floors Year City Notes Iconic Tower: 393.8 m (1,292 ft) 77 2024 New Administrative Capital: Topped out in August 2021. Completed in 2024.
Cairo Tower at night. The Cairo Tower is a free-standing tower with a revolving restaurant at the top. It is one of Cairo's landmarks and provides a bird's eye view of the city to the restaurant patrons. It stands in the Zamalek district on Gezira Island in the Nile River, in the city centre.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cairo, Egypt ... 1961 – Cairo Tower built. 1963 – Cairo International Airport opens. [15] 1964 ...
The historic monuments of Cairo have been listed in several iterations dating back to the late nineteenth century that were produced by the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe (Arabic: لجنت حفظ الاثار العربية, romanized: Lajnat ḥifẓ al-athār al-ʿarabiyya) which was succeeded by the Egyptian Antiquities Organization (which is now the Supreme Council ...
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]
The Cairo: Tower of Style and Elegance, Washington Post review, 1996; Testing the Upper Limits of D.C. Building Height Act, Washington Post, an architect's view; Turning Points: Moments in DC's History, Washingtonian Magazine, "No Tall Buildings" section; Let D.C.'s Buildings Grow, Washington City Paper