The forms and materials of Orb, by the Spanish artist SpY, draw on mathematical and symbolic elements of ancient Egyptian culture. Its specular circular pieces reflect a fragmented environment. As SpY explains, “the installation’s rounded shape allud
In the pharaonic city that is going up to decongest chaotic Cairo, different performance spaces are arranged around a public square with the intention of creating a new cultural hub. Wrapped in a skin of translucent onyx, the Grand Theater building i
Built out of structural concrete models, this automotive showroom of 12,000 m2 takes the sphere as inspiration when conceiving and interconnecting the different exhibition halls of the building…
El plan de las autoridades, que ya han retirado la mayoría de estas estructuras, ha recibido críticas por parte de quienes las consideran un símbolo cultural y urbano…
The photographer Manuel Álvarez Diestro captures the least-known image of Cairo's architectural legacy by focusing on brutalist structures of the last century. In composing the shots he presents the buildings in a context of abandonment and marginali
In his latest optical illusion, the street artist JR has ripped open the top of one of the Great Pyramids of Giza in Cairo, Egypt. The work is part of a trail of large-scale sculptures and installations by ten contemporary artists. The exhibition For
With its population of 82 million, Egypt is not only the oldest country in the world, but the main cultural reference for its neighbors, and until the Arab Spring also an oasis of apparent calm in the powder keg that the Middle East is. Now that the
The work of Manuel Álvarez Diestro (Santander, 1972) proposes meditating on the place that man occupies on earth, and reflects the disastrous consequences of human activity, but also the beauty underlying the transformed landscapes. Diestro has carri
En apenas dos semanas la oficina de Zaha Hadid y Patrick Schumacher ha presentado dos grandes proyectos para El Cairo: un conjunto de oficinas llamado Stone Towers y un recinto ferial de 450.000 metros cuadrados construidos, Cairo Expo City, que do
