Qasr El-Eny Hospital in the Garden City diplomatic quarter of central Cairo—an historic medica

Qasr El-Eny Hospital in the Garden City diplomatic quarter of central Cairo—an historic medical facility that was completely rebuilt between 1986-94, apparently with French assistance. The resulting complex is surfaced in pink-tinted quartz-cement tiling in what certainly appears to be an obvious homage to the textile blocks of Frank Lloyd Wright; the palatial form is a striking lookalike to the Wright’s demolished Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.

Photos November 2016 and March 2020 Bauzeitgeist.