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Cairo Tower: Exterior · The Cairo Tower, Cairo, Egypt
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Cairo Tower: Exterior · Blick vom Cairo Tower
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Cairo Tower: Exterior
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Cairo Tower: Exterior · The Cairo Tower was built of reinforced concrete and was designed by engineer Naoum Shabib
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Cairo Tower: Context · Skyline Cairo, The second-largest City in Africa
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Cairo Tower: Context · Beauty OF Egypt , The View From Cairo Tower
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Photo 1: Exterior · The Cairo Tower, Cairo, EgyptPhoto 2: Exterior · Blick vom Cairo TowerPhoto 3: ExteriorPhoto 4: Exterior · The Cairo Tower was built of reinforced concrete and was designed by engineer Naoum ShabibPhoto 5: Context · Skyline Cairo, The second-largest City in AfricaPhoto 6: Context · Beauty OF Egypt , The View From Cairo Tower

Infrastructure · Modernism

Cairo Tower

Naoum Shebib · Cairo, Egypt · 1961

Key featuresA concrete tower in a lattice shell evoking a lotus plant, topped by an observation deck.

Architect
Naoum Shebib
Place
Cairo, Egypt
Year
1961
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Modernism
Region
Middle East
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