Author Archives: Lillian Makeda

Revisit: Dar al Islam centre in Abiquiú, United States by Hassan Fathy

By Lillian Makeda 13 October 2023 Revisit

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Based on Nubian architecture, Hassan Fathy’s mosque‑madrasa in New Mexico has been diminished by a recent, less subtle, addition

A model village in Upper Egypt by Hassan Fathy

11 September 1947 By Raymond Mortimer

Hassan Fathy brings function and tradition to meet with aesthetic excellence in…

Reinterpreting tradition: Hassan Fathy

18 January 1990 By James Steele

On the occassion of Hassan Fathy’s death in 1990, James Steele reflects…

Inhabiting the earth: a new history of raw earth architecture

31 January 2020 By Jean Dethier

With its roots in all ancient civilisations across the world, earth construction is…

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Hassan Fathy (1900–1989)

14 February 2020 By Viola Bertini

Often referred to as the ‘Architect of the Poor’, Hassan Fathy used a…

AR October 2023: Deserts

2 October 2023 By AR Editors

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Editorial: just deserts

3 October 2023 By Manon Mollard, Eleanor Beaumont and Kristina Rapacki

In its October issue, The Architectural Review finds the world’s deserts to…

A 1375 atlas of the mediterannean region, drawn in colour on parchment

Experimental Saharanism: exploiting desert environments

5 October 2023 By Brahim El Guabli

The perception of deserts as spaces devoid of life has justified exploitation…

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