Baume-Marpent Resthouse
Kharga, Egypt
"Staff quarters for the Baume-Marpent Enterprise at the Kharga Oasis, consisting of three large dormitory-style sleeping areas, meeting rooms, and a grand reception room with wind catch and water-cooling salsabil in the corner. The arcaded meeting rooms look out onto flanking walled gardens on each side as linear transition elements between the public reception area and the private staff quarters." (construction not verified)

Source

Steele, James. 1997. An Architecture for People: The Complete Works of Hassan Fathy. London, United Kingdom: Thames and Hudson.
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Kharga, Egypt
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1959
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