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Open Air Hall for Sports and Conferences
Location
Cairo
Country
Egypt

Architect/Engineer/Team
(Collab.) Mustafa Shawky & Salah Zeitoun

Construction
1965/1984

Address
Olympic City, Nasr City

Project Status
Built
Building Type
Sports facility

Notes
The project was initiated in 1965 in the context of completing the sport facilities in the Olympic City of Nasr City, to host the Afro-Asian sports games. It took almost twenty years to complete the construction that was interrupted twice by  wars with Israel.
Sources
Ibrahim, Abdelbaki. The Arab Architects: Salah Zeitoun. Center for Architecture and Planning Studies. Masr el-Gidida. 1987, pp.67-80
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View of the model
Source: Ahmed Zeitoun
© Ahmed Zeitoun
View from the entrance side
Source: Ahmed Zeitoun
© Ahmed Zeitoun
View of the stadium structure
Source: Ahmed Zeitoun
© Ahmed Zeitoun