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''You must start right from the beginning, letting your new buildings grow from the daily lives of the people who 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 seasons. There must be neither faked traditions 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, Egyptian architect 1900-1989. To read more www.louxor.org www.villa-aldiwan.com
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