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Treasures of Ancient Egypt - Cairo Lecture

Saturday, April 15, 2006 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM (ET)

Grand Rapids, MI

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The The Public Museum of Grand Rapids came to our chapter Board of Directors in January to ask if we might join in sponsoring the Treasures of Ancient Egypt Exhibit by some method of our choosing. Because of the educational opportunities, we chose to bring a speaker. AIA Grand Valley is underwriting this event with Lincoln Brick. The Architecture of Cairo went through a series of ontological phases from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. Its designers developed hybrid styles that borrowed freely from the varied repertoires of the past and blended them with various European forms. Examples range from romantic mélanges of historical forms, to postmodern projects which freely re-interpret historical motifs. Today, Cairo is unquestionably a metropolis with one of the richest and most varied modern architectural heritage. Yet its architectural gems remain largely unknown to the world’s architectural community due to a host of reasons including disciplinary haughtiness exacerbated by ignorance and the late-twentieth-century population explosion in the city and its concomitant urban degradation. Nasser Rabbat is the Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has taught since 1991. His scholarly interests comprise the history and historiography of Islamic art, architecture, and urbanism, and post-colonial criticism. Professor Rabbat has authored numerous books, publishes articles in specialized scholarly journals, and regularly contributes to a number of Arabic newspapers and journals on art, architectural, critical and cultural issues. He serves on the boards of various organizations concerned with Islamic cultures, lectures extensively in the US and abroad, and maintains several websites focused on Islamic Architecture. Please join your fellow AIA Grand Valley members in attending this lecture. Discover Cairo's virtually unknown architectural treasures. As an AIA Member, you can attend the lecture only (free), the lecture and lunch ($11.44), or the lecture, lunch and the Treasures of Ancient Egypt Exhibit ($27.44).

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Meijer Theater
Van Andel Museum Center
272 Pearl Street SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Saturday, April 15, 2006 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM (ET)


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