The story
A courtyard and a fountain between limestone walls, on a narrow plot near the sea.
- 1The courtyard and fountain
- 2Limestone walls and red brick arches
- 3The wind catcher
Arabic Wikipedia says Halawa House, or the El Agamy beach house, is a home in El Agamy designed by the architect Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil and named after its client, Esmat Ahmed Halawa, and that its design joins traditional forms and local elements in a plan fit for modern life.
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It adds, citing Archnet, that design began in 1972 and building in January 1974, and that the house was finished in April 1975 and first lived in that July. It stands on a narrow plot, so the architect made the courtyard and its fountain the heart of the house to keep it private; it has reinforced concrete foundations, walls of local limestone, red brick arches and a wind catcher.
The house is privately owned, so it appears here as one of the district’s stories, with no place on the map and no photograph.