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Dust : Egypt's Forgotten Architecture, Revised and Expanded Edition by Xenia Nikolskaya, Heba Farid, Omar Nagati, On Barak is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A stunning photographic compilation of Egypt’s abandoned palaces and grand buildings Between 1860 and 1940, Cairo and other large cities in Egypt witnessed a major construction boom that gave birth to extraordinary palaces and lavish buildings. These incorporated a mix of architectural styles, such as Beaux-Arts and Art Deco, with local design influences and materials. Today, many lie empty and neglected, rapidly succumbing to time, a real-estate frenzy, and an ongoing population crisis. In 2006 Russian-born photographer Xenia Nikolskaya began the process of documenting these structures. She gained exceptional access to them, taking photographs at some thirty locations, including Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor, Minya, Esna, and Port Said. These photographs were documented in the first edition of Dust: Egypt’s Forgotten Architecture , which soon after its release in 2012 became a rare collector’s item. This revised and expanded edition includes photographs from the first edition together with extra unseen images and new photographs taken by Nikolskaya between 2013 and 2021. It also includes previously unpublished essays by Heba Farid, co-owner of the Cairo-based photo gallery Tintera,

Who reads Dust : Egypt's Forgotten Architecture, Revised and Expanded Edition?

Author

Xenia Nikolskaya, Heba Farid, Omar Nagati, On Barak

Publisher

The American University in Cairo Press

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781649032720

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Photography, Architecture, History