The building of Auguste Perret in Alexandria : a case for preservation of modern Egyptian architecture : historic preservation defined

298 Pages·1994·7.2 MB·English

by  El-Habashi, Alaa Elwi

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Historic Preservation Defined
THE BUILDINGS OF AUGUSTE PERRET IN ALEXANDRIA:
A CASE FOR PRESERVATION OF MODERN EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE
Alaa Elwi El-Habashi
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Historic Preservation
Presented to the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania in
Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
1994
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Acknowledgments
"Praise be to God, Master of the world, the most gracious,
the most merciful,. ."
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My sincere gratitude to my advisor, mentor and friend: Professor David G. De
Long. His courses on history and theory provided me with the intellectual
background upon which this thesis was built. I shall acknowledge his
interpretation, his generous advice and criticism, and his continuous
encouragement during the preparation of this thesis.
The academic guidance of the members of historic preservation and
architectural program largely shaped this work. I am indebted to Professor
Frank Matero whose interest and concern initiated the original idea of the
research. A special thanks to Professor Samuel Harris for his encouragement
during the academic program. My sincere appreciation and thanks is also
extended to Professor Marco Frascari who kindly contributed a generous
amount of time reading the complete draft of the thesis and provided me
with significant advises. My gratitude goes also to Professor Renata Holod for
her help guiding me to invaluable information and bibliographical sources.
I would like to express thankfulness to my friends and colleagues, especially
Magd Donia and Yasser Aref, who helped me to elaborate my themes through
long discussions. I also wish to thank Dawn Melbourne for her several
readings of the text and her editing of the manuscript.
My thanks also to my family for their patience and support during the
preparation of the thesis.
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