Category: Housing
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The quest for better housing
Individual reconstruction and Situational Analysis of participatory housing in the framework of Modell Steiermark, Austria. This study offers insight into a crucial period of the provision of housing in Austria. Modell Steiermark was a set of public policies that highly valued the importance of architecture and spatial-planning and led to the creation of subsidized housing…
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Cairo New Towns – From Desert Cities to Deserted Cities
In the 1970s Cairo started expanding into the open desert. Most of these new towns, built to cope with the city’s fast growing population, fell considerably short of expectations. A photo essay explores the desert cities Al-Shuruq and New Cairo. Article for Failed Architecture Cairo, since its foundation more than 1000 years ago, continues to…