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Weston Williamson + Partners victorious in design competition for Egypt's Science City
by Kim Megson | 30 Aug 2016
Architecture studio Weston Williamson + Partners have triumphed in an international design competition to create a Science City for Egypt. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina – a major library and cultural centre – organised the single phase, open contest to receive conceptual designs for a 125,000sq m (1.35m sq ft) complex designed to promote scientific knowledge to the public. Malaysian studio Ngiom Partnership came second with Zaha Hadid Architects finishing third. The
SOM to masterplan Egypt’s US$45bn ‘New New Cairo’
by Tom Anstey | 19 Mar 2015
In an effort to combat a failing economy that has plunged a quarter of its population into poverty, Egypt is planning to build a new US$45bn (€42.3bn, £30.6bn) administrative, business and leisure capital east of Cairo to house five million people. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's (SOM) Philip Enquist has been placed in charge of urban design and planning for the mega-development, which will be linked to Cairo through extensive public
Plans for a mixed-use green development in Cairo revealed
by Katie Buckley | 03 Feb 2015
Vincent Callebaut Architectures (VCA) has designed an eco-friendly and sustainable mixed-use scheme for Cairo, Egypt. Plans have been revealed by VCA, a French architecture and design firm, for a residential, office and leisure development for the Egyptian capital. Known as the “Gate Residence”, the development will span 450,000sq m (4,900,000sq ft) and provide 1,000 new apartments, community gardens, offices and a large shopping mall. VCA has employed the latest techniques
Architect chosen for Cairo Expo City development
by Caroline Wilkinson | 18 Jun 2009
A designer has been selected for the Cairo Expo City project. a new exhibition and hotel complex, being developed by the Government of Egypt. Zaha Hadid Architects won the competition to design the 450,000sq m (4,843sq ft) development featuring 33 storeys with two 1,000-room hotels, conference centre with two 140,000sq m (1,506sq ft)exhibition spaces, an office block and a shopping centre. The government project belongs to GOIEF, which reports to
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