
Cairo Opera House
1988
Contemporary
opera
The opera house on the southern end of Gezira Island came to Egypt as a gift from Japan, agreed after President Mubarak's visit to Tokyo in April 1983. Kajima began construction in May 1985 and handed the building over 34 months later; it…
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- 1988
Nikken Sekkei
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