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Architecture for the Poor : an experiment in rural Egypt / by Fathy, Hassan

Table of Contents: “…Polk -- Preface -- Prelude: dream and reality -- Paradise lost: the countryside -- Mud brick: sole hope for rural reconstruction -- Mud for roofing, bahtim: trial and error -- Nubia: survival of an ancient technique of Vaulting -- The Nubian Masons at work: first successes -- Ezbet el Basry: Iblis in Ambush -- A Tomb Robbery Begets a Pilot Housing Project -- Birth of New Gourna: the site -- Man, society and technology -- Architectural character -- The process of decision making -- Tradition's role -- Saving individuality in the village -- Traditional village crafts restores -- The us of mud brick an economic necessity -- Reestablishment ofthe "trinity": owner, architect, and craftsman -- Vernacular architecture of Old Gourna -- Change with constancy -- Climate and architecture -- Orientation of houses determined partly by sun, partly by wind -- The Malkaf, or Wind Catch -- Society and architecture -- Kinship structure and local custom -- Socieconomic considerations -- Rural crafts in Gourna -- The plan of New Gourna -- Public service buildings and amenities -- The peasant house -- Combating Bilharzia -- Gourna, a pilot project -- The cooperative system -- In-service training -- Gourna not an end in itself -- A stillborn experiment, Mit-el-Nasara -- National program for rural reconstruction -- Fugue: architect, peasant, and Bureaucrat -- Finale: Gourna Dormant.…”

Renzo Piano : projects and buildings 1964-1983 / by Dini, Massimo

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Massimo Dini -- The scientific approach -- Reinforced polyester space frames -- Woodworking shop -- Prestressed steel and reinforced polyester structure -- Shell strcutural systems: a pavilion for the XIV Triennale -- Italian Industry Pavilion at the Osaka Expo -- Fiat VSS experimental vehicle -- Arvedi tubular structural system -- Mobile structure -- Mobile structure for sulfur extraction -- Standardized hospital module -- Mobile construction unit for Senegal -- Transport vehicle -- Neighborhood Workshop in Otranto: an experiment in urban reconstruction -- IBM travelling exhibition -- Evolving space -- Industrialized construction system for a housing estate -- Office workshop for the Renzo Piano studio -- Open plan home -- B&B Italy office building -- One-family homes -- Industrialized construction system for evolving-type home -- Exhibition complex -- Culture and technology -- Georges Pompidou cultural center -- IRCAM: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics and Music -- The Menil Collection -- Reuse of the Palazzo a Vela for the Alexander Calder retrospective -- Gentle renewal -- Design for restructuring the islan of Burano -- Renewing the old Quartiere del Molo -- Urban conversion of the Schlumberger works -- Neighborhood Workshop for local maintenance -- Restructuring a street block in the ancient city center -- Urban continuity -- Building for the Banca Agricola Commerciale, Automobile Club Italiano and collective services -- IBA design for extending the Nationalgalerie and housing -- An axis of services -- The journey backwards -- An experiment in educational television: the program "Open Site"…”