City Layout for New Cairo, Egypt Masterplan, OUIA Horizon Urban Development
Masterplan for New Cairo
Proposed City Layout for Egyptian City: OUIA Horizon Project Competition by Keppie Design
17 Feb 2014
Masterplan for New Cairo in Egypt
Glasgow-based Firm Beat Tough Competition for the OUIA Horizon Project, Egypt
Architects: Keppie Design
Masterplan for New Cairo
KEPPIE APPOINTED TO MASTERPLAN NEW EGYPTIAN CITY CENTRE
Leading architectural practice Keppie Design has been appointed to create the masterplan for a new city centre in New Cairo, on behalf of OUIA Real Estate Investment Company, one of the biggest participants of the Libyan Foreign Investment Company, S.A.L.
Keppie originally won the New OUIA Horizon project against stiff competition through an international design contest, after being asked to submit a proposal for the new mixed-use masterplan in the centre of the rapidly developing town.
Once completed, the project will accommodate approximately 1.5m sq m of mixed-use urban development including retail, office and leisure components.
David Ross, design director at Keppie, commented: “We are naturally very pleased to be working on such a major project. We were able to demonstrate an understanding of cultural and social issues in Egypt through the selection process and we have been working closely with our Libyan client and our local Egyptian partners T.H.E., to deliver a responsive and viable design solution.
“Our overseas work is now taking us to very interesting locations, and it is very gratifying to see our strong expertise in commercial, leisure, healthcare and educational projects developing in such diverse places as Egypt, Turkey, Malaysia and Trinidad.”
Masterplan for New Cairo images / information from Keppie Design
Location: New Cairo, Egypt, Northeast Africa
Egypt Architecture
Contemporary Egyptian Architectural Projects
Egyptian Architecture Designs – chronological list
Egyptian Architecture – Selection
Bibliotheca Alexandrina / Alexandria Library
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image from architects
Alexandria Library Egypt : open international design competition winners, 1989
Cairo Expo City Competition
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image from Zaha Hadid Architects
Cairo Expo City
Stone Towers, Cairo
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
image from architects practice
Stone Towers Cairo
Grand Museum of Egypt, Cairo
Design: Heneghan Peng Architects
image : heneghan.peng.architects
Grand Museum of Egypt
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