Architecture for People: The Complete Works of Hassan Fathy

by James M. Steele

paperback 208 pages

Genres: Architecture, Reference

208 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

About the author

Dr. James McLeod Steele Jr. is a Professor of History and Theory of Architecture at the University of Southern California School of Architecture. His work focuses on the key issues that effect architecture and urban planning.

Reviews

[Ziyad Hasanin]

Hasan Fathy - a sadly very unrecognized architect; as my M.Arch tutor described him.

This book covers his background, theoretical approach, methodology, artistic and architectural works and their details pretty well. It moves between being a narrative of Fathy as a post-colonial, identity-seeking character in a tense environment and a descriptive account of his projects and their structural, social, and tectonic evaluation.

[Dâmaris]

FODA

[Helmina]

stunning illustration-style gouache paintings of flattened architectural plans and elevations