Join this special live conversation at the "Cairo Modern" exhibit at the Center For Architecture in New York City with curator Mohamed Elshahed (Exhibit Curator & Author of "Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide") and Rami Abou-Khalil (Exhibition Designer and Architect).
Date: Friday, March 11 at 5:30 PM
Location: Center For Architecture - 536 LaGuardia Place
About Cairo Modern:
Cairo Modern showcases works by Egyptian modernists from the 1920s to the 1970s, half a century of rich architectural production that complicate our present understanding of global modernism. The exhibition introduces audiences to key architects from the period such as Sayed Karim (pictured) as well as examples of their works commissioned by the state and the city’s burgeoning bourgeoisie. Modernism in Cairo reflected the aspirations of the new classes that formed after Egypt’s 1919 Revolution who embraced the Modernist house or apartment as the materialization of new notions of class, identity, and modernity.
The exhibition accompanies the publication of Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide, the first comprehensive survey of the city’s modern constructions including 226 buildings in 17 geographic areas built from 1900 to the present.
Read more here: Cairo Modern explores a lost modernity at the Center for Architecture
This event is being videotaped for subsequent broadcast on the library website and other media. The audience is encouraged to offer comments and raise questions during the formal question and answer period, but please be advised that your voice and image may be recorded and later broadcast as part of this event. By participating in the question and answer period you are consenting to the possible reproduction and transmission of your remarks.
Please comply with Local & Venue COVID-19 Prevention Requirements.
Center for Architecture requires proof of complete vaccination (for visitors ages 5 and up) for entry. Face masks are required for visitors ages 2-5, and optional for those vaccinated. Review venue Health and Safety Protocol.