Project scope: First Prize International Design Competition: 1989, full design and supervision services including landscape and furniture design.
Completed: 2001, formally inaugurated: 2002
Client: The Arab Republic of Egypt,
Size: 970,000 sq. ft.
Budget: $ 212 million
Aga Khan Award for Architecture winner: 2004
Christoph Kapeller as one of the founding partners of Snøhetta
Design Leader: 1990-1995, Project Director: 1996-2001or Snøhetta Hamza Consortium
Bibliotheca Alexandrina: [link]
Photos: Gerald Zugmann
