INFLUENCE OF POST-RENAISSANCE IDEOLOGY ON EGYPTIAN POST-TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE A CASE STUDY OF CAIRENE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS

Abstract

Within the quest for understanding how Egypt’s contemporary scene has drastically changed from the traditional one, the researcher studies the influence of Western post-Renaissance ideologies on the formation of a distorted architectural world view that created a void in architectural thought. This void creates a discourse that is full of direct borrowing and mimicking of other architectural styles. Through tackling various research objectives, the researcher attempts to prove the thesis hypothesis through illustrating a comparative analysis of case studies related to religious buildings built in different critical timings.