The Urban Role of Iconic Buildings in Intermediate Cities: Mansoura City as a Case Study.

Mohammad, Ahmad Salah El-Din; El-Eashy, Alaa Mohamed; Alazab, Mohammed Taha

doi:10.21608/bfemu.2020.102866

The Urban Role of Iconic Buildings in Intermediate Cities: Mansoura City as a Case Study.

Document Type : Research Studies

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¹ Lecturer at Architectural Engineering Department, Mansoura University, Faculty of Engineering , Mansoura

² Department of Architecture Faculty of Engineering &ndash; Mansoura University

³ Professor of architecture, Mansura University

10.21608/bfemu.2020.102866

Abstract

Architecture reflects culture of society through traditions and value, So Buildings specially Iconic Buildings connect people with its region “ Iconic Buildings tell us where we are “, The world seven wonders became Icons due to the value and the meanings they carry and also for their individual form , “ Icons may not were built to be Icons but it remains in people’s memory “ In spite of the great value of Iconic buildings they suffer structure deterioration and negligence that represent the research goals adding to some cities compete in building mega structures as iconic buildings and using examples that don’t express the culture and heritage of the place . So the research aims to study the iconic buildings in Intermediate cities and its role in the urban fabric.

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