Author

Claudine Piaton

Claudine Piaton is an architect working for the French Ministry of Culture. She specializes in architectural heritage and is particularly interested in European architecture around the Mediterranean. Since 2004, she has been working on a research project on the cities of the Suez Canal area. Within this framework she has been the editor of three volumes on the history and architecture of Ismailia, Port Said and Suez.

Articles by this author

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Port Said

Decaying Wooden Verandas Tell the Story of a City

Wooden galleries several storeys high adorn the buildings of Port Said. This unique type of architecture, characteristic of a certain era, is today at risk from a continuously increasing population, poor planning and lax implementation of building regulations.