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Heliopolis Style
Heliopolis style is an early 20th-century architectural style developed in the new suburb of Heliopolis (Cairo Suburb), Heliopolis in eastern Cairo, Egypt. The Belgian Cairo Electric Railways and Heliopolis Oases Company, responsible for planning and developing the new suburb, created the new style to implement an exclusive distinctiveness to the design of its buildings. This Revivalism (architecture), revivalist style is a synthesis of Medieval Egyptian Revival architecture, Egyptian Revival, Moorish Revival architecture, Moorish Revival, Iranian architecture, Persian Revival, and European Neoclassical architecture styles. Style The goal of this style was to successfully implement the aesthetic and wikt:functional, functional advantages of the influencing styles. Combining the qualities of these types brought Moorish and Persian facades, Egyptian spatial volumes and ornaments, and European floor plans, and Neoclassical and Moorish interiors together in a homogeneous unit. The Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Functional
Functional may refer to: * Movements in architecture: ** Functionalism (architecture) ** Form follows function * Functional group, combination of atoms within molecules * Medical conditions without currently visible organic basis: ** Functional symptom ** Functional disorder * Functional classification for roads * Functional organization * Functional training In mathematics * Functional (mathematics), a term applied to certain scalar-valued functions in mathematics and computer science ** Functional analysis ** Linear functional, a type of functional often simply called a functional in the context of functional analysis * Higher-order function, also called a functional, a function that takes other functions as arguments In computer science, software engineering * (C++), a header file in the C++ Standard Library * Functional design, a paradigm used to simplify the design of hardware and software devices * Functional model, a structured representation of functions, activiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture In Egypt
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. The term comes ; ; . Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements. The practice, which began in the prehistoric era, has been used as a way of expressing culture for civilizations on all seven continents. For this reason, architecture is considered to be a form of art. Texts on architecture have been written since ancient times. The earliest surviving text on architectural theories is the 1st century AD treatise ''De architectura'' by the Roman architect Vitruvius, according to whom a good building embodies , and (durability, utility, and beauty). Centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revival Architectural Styles
Revival most often refers to: *Resuscitation of a person *Language revival of an extinct language * Revival (sports team) of a defunct team *Revival (television) of a former television series *Revival (theatre), a new production of a previously produced work *Resurrection and reincarnation, alternatively known as revival of the dead *De-extinction or revival of an extinct species Revival or The Revival may also refer to: Books and comics * ''Revival'' (comics), a 2012–2017 series by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton * ''Revival'' (novel), a 2014 novel by Stephen King Film and television * ''Revival'' (2013 film), a Czech comedy film *'' The Revival: Women and the Word'', a 2016 American documentary * ''The Revival'' (film), a 2017 American drama film * "Revival" (''Death Note''), a television episode * "Revival" (''The Outer Limits''), a television episode Music * Revival (quartet), an American barbershop quartet * Revival Records, a British record label Albums * ''Revival'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of Architectural Styles
This timeline shows the periods of various architectural styles in a graphical fashion. 6000 BC–present *8000 years – the last 1000 years (fine grid) is expanded in the timeline below DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1024 height:auto barincrement:18 PlotArea = left:20 right:20 bottom:20 top:10 Colors = id:noir value:black id:canvas value:rgb(0.97,0.97,0.97) id:egypt value:rgb(1,1,0.6) id:gris value:gray(0.85) id:gris2 value:gray(0.70) id:grilleMajor value:rgb(0.80,0.80,0.80) id:bleuclair value:rgb(0.56,0.56,0.86) id:rouge value:red id:rougeclair value:rgb(0.86,0.56,0.56) id:bleuclair value:rgb(0.76,0.76,0.96) id:grilleMinor value:rgb(0.86,0.86,0.86) Period = from:-6000 till:2000 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy AlignBars = justify ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:100 start:1000 gridcolor:grilleMinor ScaleMajor = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Habib Ayrout
Henry Habib Ayrout, S.J. (1907 – April 10, 1969) was an author, educator, and Jesuit priest in Egypt. His father Habib Ayrout was a Syro-Lebanese Egyptian architect practicing in Cairo, Egypt. After being educated in Paris as an engineer-architect, he participated in the planning and construction of Heliopolis (Cairo suburb). His two brothers Charles Ayrout and Max Ayrout were also architects practicing in Cairo. Fr. Ayrout was an educator and sociologist who established the Catholic Association for Schools of Egypt in 1940. His study of the Egypt's fellahin, '' The Egyptian Peasant'', was first published in French in 1938 and is regarded as a major work on the subject. He was a noted advocate for land reform in Egypt.Excerpts available at |
Charles Ayrout
Charles Habib Ayrout (Arabic: شارل حبيب عيروط-) (1905 Cairo, Egypt - 1965 Cairo, Egypt) was an architect practising in Cairo and is considered one of that city's ' pioneer' generation, as well as a Belle Epoque/Art Déco (1920–1940) architect for his landmark buildings and villas,. and was one of the most active builders in its Heliopolis district. He summarised his approach in 1932 as to “bring to Heliopolis the principles of modern architecture, but not of avantgarde architecture." Family His father, Habib Ayrout, was a Syro-Lebanese Egyptian architect and contractor practicing in Cairo. After being educated in Paris as an engineer-architect, Habib Ayrout participated in the planning and construction of Heliopolis.Timothy Mitchell ''Rule of Experts: Egypt, Techno-Politics, Modernity'', University of California Press, 2002, pg. 332 Charles Ayrout had two brothers, the Jesuit priest Henry Habib Ayrout and Max Ayrout, who was also an architect practicing in Cairo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliopolis Palace
The Heliopolis Palace ( ar, قصر رئاسة الجمهورية, ', "Palace of the Presidency of the Republic" or ', "Federation Palace".) is one of the three Egyptian presidential palaces and residences, the others being Montaza Palace and Ras el-Tin Palace, for the executive office of the President of Egypt. It is located in the suburb of Heliopolis, northeast of central Cairo and east of the Nile in Egypt. It was originally built as the grand Heliopolis Palace Hotel in 1910. Now it is for the use of the President of Egypt. History Heliopolis Palace Hotel (1910–1958) The palace was originally built as the luxurious ''Heliopolis Palace Hotel'' in the open desert from 1908 to 1910, while development of the new suburb began around it, by the Heliopolis Oases Company was ongoing. The hotel was designed by Ernest Jaspar as part of the larger Heliopolis project being done by Édouard Empain. Billed as the most luxurious hotel in Africa and the Middle East, the Heliopolis Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliopolis, Cairo
Heliopolis ( arz, مصر الجديده, ', , "New Egypt") was a suburb outside Cairo, Egypt, which has since merged with Cairo as a district of the city and is one of the more affluent areas of Cairo. Named for the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis to which it lies adjacent, modern Heliopolis was established in 1905 by the Heliopolis Oasis Company headed by the Belgian industrialist Édouard Empain and by Boghos Nubar, son of the Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha. It is the location of the Cairo International Airport. The population of Heliopolis is estimated at some 142,968 individuals (2016). History Baron Empain, a well-known amateur Egyptologist and prominent Belgian entrepreneur, arrived in Egypt in January 1904, intending to rescue one of his Belgian wife's development projects: the construction of a railway line linking Al-Matariyyah to Port Said. Despite losing the railway contract to the British, Empain stayed on in Egypt. In 1905, Empain est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floor Plans
In architecture and building engineering, a floor plan is a technical drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure. Dimensions are usually drawn between the walls to specify room sizes and wall lengths. Floor plans may also include details of fixtures like sinks, water heaters, furnaces, etc. Floor plans may include notes for construction to specify finishes, construction methods, or symbols for electrical items. It is also called a ''plan'' which is a measured plane typically projected at the floor height of , as opposed to an ''elevation'' which is a measured plane projected from the side of a building, along its height, or a section or ''cross section'' where a building is cut along an axis to reveal the interior structure. Overview Similar to a map, the orientation of the view is downward from above, but unlike a conventional map, a plan is drawn at a part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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