Coaster

Transparent Acrylic with Gold Heat stamping

10x10 cm

Constructed between 1938-1940, designed by architects Max Edrei and Gaston Rossi and Funded by Egyptian millionaire Ahmed Abboud Bashawas, the Immobilia Building housed many famous residents such as Abdel Halim Hafez, Asmahan, Camelia, Farid al-Atrash, Magda, Tawfik AL Hakeem Leila Mourad, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Mohamed Fawzi, Naguib el-Rihani and Omar El Sherif. The Immobilia Building also witnessed the marriage of the actress Leila Mourad to the actor Anwar Wagdi, and in one of the building's elevators, Naguib el-Rihani asked Leila Mourad to star opposite him in a film. After she agreed, they began working on "Ghazal al-Banat", a masterpiece of The Golden Age of Cinema. It was Egypt's tallest building at the time of construction and the first building with an underground garage, which fits 100 cars.