FABRIC ARCHITECTURE IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Al-Azhar University, Department of Architecture, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

With the development of fabric architecture all over the world, because of its lightweight, high efficiency, low cost, design flexibility, portable and friendly to natural, we notice that its application levels in Egypt is very low on both sides; the number of executed projects and the technical level of the projects.
After studying of fabrics membrane types and their properties then comparing them to the applied projects in Egypt we find that referred to economic and cultural reasons; fabric architecture in Egypt needs more time and development to could met the world level.

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