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Facade of the Mosque with its external minaret and central dome. |
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A gouache drawing by Hassan Fathy illustrating his perspectival technique and his use of local references. |
| The Mosque of Gurna, Egypt (1945): designed as an integral part of a whole village, New Gurna, by the visionary Egyptian architect Hasan Fathy, it is a prime example of a vernacular structure recast through the subjective and lyrical interpretations of building traditions by the architect. |
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