Walter Armbrust

Elizabeth Thompson

Mercedes Volait

Anton Escher

Christel Braae

Karin Van Nieuwkerk

Henning Goldbaek

Public Spaces and Public Spheres

Middle Eastern Cities 1900-1950

"The commodification of Islamic antiques intensified in the late Ottoman Empire, an age of domestic reform and increased European interference following the Tanzimat (reorganisation) of 1839. Mercedes Volait examines the social life of typical objects moving from Cairo and Damascus to Paris, London, and beyond, uncovers the range of agencies and subjectivities involved in the trade of architectural salvage and historic handicraft, and traces impacts on private interiors, through creative reuse and Revival design, in Egypt, Europe and America. By devoting attention to both local and global engagements with Middle Eastern tangible heritage, the present volume invites to look anew at Orientalism in art and interior design, the canon of Islamic architecture and the translocation of historic works of art"--

Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform

Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890

Francine Giese

Ariane Varela Braga

The present volume offers an overview of collecting and displaying Islamic art during the long nineteenth century. A section of the volume focuses on the figure of the Swiss collector Henri Moser Charlottenfels. Special attention is given to little-known collections in Eastern Europe and beyond. L’ouvrage fournit un panorama du collectionnisme d’art islamique au cours du long XIXe siècle, en mettant l’accent sur la figure d’Henri Moser Charlottenfels et des collections méconnues situées en Europe central, et au-delà.

À l’orientale: Collecting, Displaying and Appropriating Islamic Art and Architecture in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Galila El Kadi

This scholarly guide about the tangible and intangible heritage of the 19th and 20th centuries district of Downtown Cairo presents a detailed survey of the plans and typologies of a great number of apartment buildings and links the flats with the memories and stories of their inhabitants, mapping the changes in the use of the space during time, and so giving precious hints to understand the changes in the Cairo society.The books contains around 45 building-sheets with technical and historical descriptions, organised in a chronological order so to give a panorama of the development of Downtown´s architecture. Short texts in-between will give insider glimpses on specific aspects, such us historical backgrounds, technical innovations, narratives of private spaces. The buildings will be connected through three thematic maps to navigate and discover Downtown: the Dolce vita tour includes cinemas, bars, cafes, the houses of the stars; the romantic trail shows buildings with elaborated stairs, interesting balconies, fascinating details; the puristic architecture trail contains buildings with clear lines.With contributions of: Mercedes Volait, Galila El Kadi, Vittoria Capresi, Barbara Pampe, Ralph Bodenstein, Lucie Ryzova, Mohamed Elshahed, Omar Nagati.

Architecture and Stories

Discovering Downtown Cairo

Mercedes Volait

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