Buch, Englisch, Band 207, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm
Johann Adam Rennebaum and the Architecture of the German Community in Egypt 1882–1914
Buch, Englisch, Band 207, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm
Reihe: Kunstwissenschaftliche Studien
ISBN: 978-3-422-80479-1
Verlag: Deutscher Kunstverlag
follows Nuremberg-born architect Johann Adam Rennebaum, who left Germany for Egypt and built a thriving practice designing mosques, grand hotels, villas, schools, hospitals and diplomatic buildings for both German clients and Egyptian institutions. It reconstructs the architecture of the German community against the backdrop of Khedival rule and the “Veiled Protectorate” established under British control. Grounded in extensive archival research and previously unknown plans, photographs, and estate material, the book follows Rennebaum’s projects across Cairo, Alexandria, and Port Said and shows how architecture functioned as a visual language of power. By bringing architectural and cultural history into dialogue, the study offers new perspectives on European presences in Egypt.
- Recovers the largely forgotten oeuvre of Johann Adam Rennebaum and the architecture of the German community in Egypt
- Brings together a wide range of building types – mosques, grand hotels, villas, schools, hospitals and diplomatic buildings
- Shows how the architecture of the German community in Egypt served as a medium of cultural and political negotiation between German, Egyptian and British actors
