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Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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DESIGNER |
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LOCATION |
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Continent |
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Afrique |
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Nation |
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Egypt [Ǧumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah] |
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Governatorate |
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Alexandria [Al-Iskandariyah] |
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Alexandria [Al-Iskandariyah] |
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El Shatby
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Website |
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MAP |
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for cultural activities
Libraries and media libraries
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1990 - 1993
project winner of competition
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Realisation |
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1995 - 2001 |
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AWARDS |
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2004 |
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Aga Khan Award for Architecture |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Bart Lootsma, Rafaël Magrou, "Snøhetta. Reliefs Nordiques / Nordic reliefs", L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 392, novembre-décembre/november-december 2012, pp. 20-49 "Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie. Egypte / Alexandria Library. Egypt", L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 392, novembre-décembre/november-december 2012, pp. 46-49 (20-49) |
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Fabrizio Ardito, "Window 2002", Meridiani 173, novembre 2008 [Egitto], "Servizi" pp. 76-83 |
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Maurizio Vogliazzo, "The Aga Kahn Award for Architecture/The Winners", L'Arca 200, febbraio/february 2005, pp. 4-19
"Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Alexandria, Egypt, 2002", L'Arca 200, febbraio/february 2005, pp. 6-7 |
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Leo Gullbring, Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Alexandrie. Égypte, L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 341, pp. 30-31, Juillet-Août/July-August 2002 |
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Richard Ingersoll. Gerald Zugmann (photo), "Risorge la Biblioteca di Alessandria/Alexandria's library reborn", Domus 846, marzo/march 2002, "Servizi/Features" pp. 44-61 |
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Philip Jodidio, Architecture now! vol. 2, Taschen, Köln 2002, pp. 285-293 (284-293) |
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Karin Tschavgova, "Welche Form hat das Wissen?/What is the Shape of Knowledge?", Architektur Aktuell 12/2001, Dezember/December 2001 [Working conditions], pp. 48-61 |
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Peter Davey, "Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Great Library. Alexandria. Egypt", Architectural Review, vol. 220, no. 1255, pp. 40-51, September 2001 |
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"Tecnologie per la Biblioteca di Alessandria/Technology for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina", L'Arca 47, marzo/march 1991 [Architettura costruita/Built Architecture], "l'Arca2" p. 100 |
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Arab Republic of Egypt [Jumhūriyya Misr al-‘Arabiyya] - UNESCO |
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AMOUNT |
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$ 220.000.000 [$/m2 2.580] |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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Surface |
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site sq.m. 45.000 floor sq.m. 85.000 buil-up sq.m. 17.300 |
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STRUCTURES |
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN |
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Kari Stensroed, Alf Haukeland, Johan Oestengen |
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Project |
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Project architect |
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Gestione del progetto |
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Christoph Kapeller, Kjetil Thorsen, Craig Dykers, Mamdouh Hamza |
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Collaborators |
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Jon Bjornsson, Mitchell de Jarnett, Margarethe Friis, Lisbeth Funk, Robert Greenwood, Ole Gustavson, Peter Hall, Finn Kleiva, Tarald Lundevall, Oyvind Mo, Elaine Molinar, Bjorn Stockstad, Marianne Saetre, Knut Tronstad, Mohamed Sharkas, Ibrahim El Halawan, Walid Mansour, Hazem Hafez, Hossam El Soueffi |
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Structural consultant |
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Hamza Associates Dr. Ahmed Rashed, Dr. Mansour Goneim |
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Art intervention |
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Jorunn Sannes, Kristian Blystad, Arne Johansen |
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Furniture |
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Linda Evensen, Rolf Schmidt, Inger Anita Reigstad |
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Lighting engineer |
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Lichtdesign Koeln - Dr. Kramer |
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Acoustical consultant |
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Electrical engineer |
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