Another strange book I bought for 1 euro at the Rotterdam second hand book market. = = = = = PROM. NR. 2928 THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN AND RURAL HOUSING IN EGYPT THESIS PRESENTED TO THE SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ZURICH FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF TECHNICAL SCIENCE BY OMAR ABDULRAHMAN AZZAM, B. SC. ARCH., EGYPTIAN NATIONALITY ACCEPTED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF: PROF. DR. WILLIAM DUNKEL AND PROF. DR. ERNST EGLI PRINTED BY: ED. TRUNINGER, ZURICH 1960 The first part of the study which follows presents a survey of the traditional forms of Egyptian dwellings and their development. As these constructional forms have evolved organically from the needs of the people of Egypt, they may offer valuable pointers towards future design. In recent years there has been a movement towards large-scale housing projects in Egypt. Unfortunately these schemes have failed to allow for the climatic conditions of the region, or to appreciate local traditions. A new start is called for, expressing the culture of the region instead of merely imitating. This work is intended as a modest contribution towards this new approach which will require time, patience and much hard work before we achieve truth in form. In writing this survey, the author has encountered considerable difficulty due to the fact that the data and references were scanty and scattered. Research work had to be conducted in several countries besides Egypt, and the author traveled to India to study the Chandigahr project, to some countries of the Middle East, and to the United States of America.

Hand Boy Age 15 Skeletal age 15.6 The palm faces downwards, in contact with a no-screen film, the axis of the middle finger in direct line with the axis of the forearm. The fingers are just not touching, and the thumb is placed in natural degree of rotation, with its axis making an angle of approximately 30° with the index finger. The tube is centred 30 in. about the head of the 3rd metacarpal. At the National Children's Home during my stay, I was one of the children that was part of the growth study tests that were made over several years on children that were living at the Home. The data obtained from our tests was used as the bench mark for judging the heights, weights and development of British children for many years. In later years it was thought that possibly the subjects that were chosen as the test data might not fully represent the ordinary British child. It was felt that there might be some slight delay in our development due to physically been in a Children's Home, made some data slightly out of date. In the mid 1960s we were living on a diet and experiencing many events that a child in the 1940's or 1950's might have endured.