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Merryland Housing Project in Heliopolis
Location
Cairo
Country
Egypt

Architect/Engineer/Team
Sayed Karim (Korayem)

Construction
1958/1960

Project Status
Built
Building Type
Housing

Notes
It consists of two towers and a curved nine-storey unit along the banks of the Nile River.
Sources

Contemporary Architecture in the Arab States (Kultermann), p. 22

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Sayed Karim with a model of the Merryland buildings, 1958
Source: American University in Cairo
© American University in Cairo
The buildings facing the Merryland Park
Source: Mahy Mourad
© Mahy Mourad
View from the Merryland pool with the Casino in the foreground
Source: Mahy Mourad
© Mahy Mourad