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Unique in the region, you will be overcome by the beauty and calm prevailing in this spot overlooking the river.
“You must start right from the beginning, letting your buildings grow from the daily lives of the people who will live in them, shaping the houses to the measure of the people’s songs,weaving the patterns of a village as if on the village looms,mindful of the trees and the crops that will grow there,respectful to the skyline and humble before the must be neither faked tradition nor faked modernity,but an architecture that will be the visible and permanent expression of the character of a community. But this would mean nothing less than a whole new architecture.'' Hassan Fathy Egyptain architect 1900-1989. to know more just visit us on: www.villa-al-diwan.com www.louxor.org Hope to hear from you all. kind regards
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