This exhibition explores the buildings of Cairo and the transformations it has undergone through modernization, by looking at how different types of buildings fit into ever-changing planning policies. This exhibition examines how the look of buildings in modern Cairo reflects the city's social and economic development. Through this exhibition, it will untangle the evolution of Cairo\u2019s built environment from about the late 1800s up until today and see how all those big changes, like modernization, urban planning, politics, and population growth that ended up changing the face of the city. With the changes of plan designs inspired by European city planning ideas it influenced the change in the city's landscape. European planning significantly changed modern Cairo, especially Downtown Cairo, by adding broad, European-style streets and a grid layout similar to that of Paris. Reforms in Cairo have resulted in important changes in buildings due to both updating and preserving them. The buildings in modern Cairo reveals the change of modern city living in the area.<\/p>","credits":"Stanley Ojibeka","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"buildings-in-modern-cairo","added":"2025-11-20 10:54:05","modified":"2025-12-12 07:01:28","owner_id":16,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null},"item":{"id":155,"item_type_id":null,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2025-11-25 14:36:34","modified":"2025-12-12 11:45:50","owner_id":16}}