Stone Tower in Cairo nods to the mathematics and arts of the Arab world
These are images of Stone Towers, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.
![Hadid's Stone Tower in Cairo](https://d2vhdk00tg424t.cloudfront.net/MediaLibrary/s3/ubm-library/web/q/l/k/Hadid_StoneTowers_Cairo2.jpg)
The towers for client the Rooya Group are located in the Stone Park district of Cairo and provide office and retail space for a rapidly expanding city.
The 525,000m² development includes a five-star business hotel with serviced apartments, retail with food and beverage facilities as well as sunken landscaped gardens and a plaza called 'the delta'.
Ancient Egyptian stonework incorporates a vast array of patterns and textures that, when illuminated by Cairo’s intense sunlight, creates animated displays of light and shadow.
![Hadid's Stone Tower in Cairo](https://d2vhdk00tg424t.cloudfront.net/MediaLibrary/s3/ubm-library/web/e/w/l/Hadid_StoneTowers_Cairo.jpg)
Hadid said she has always been fascinated by the mathematics and arts of the Arab world.
“In our office we have always researched the formal concepts of geometry, which relates a great deal to the region’s art traditions and sciences in terms of algebra, geometry and mathematics.”
She noted with a large-scale project like this, care had to be taken “to balance a necessary requirement for repetitive elements whilst avoiding an uncompromising repetition of static building masses”.
Hadid said: “The architecture of Stone Towers pursues a geometric rhythm of similar, interlocking, yet individually differentiated building forms that creates a cohesive composition.”
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