Article: Architect treads softly in shadows of history Vast Cairo center poses tall challenge for Denver's OLC.(Business)

Byline: Roger Fillion, Rocky Mountain News

For an architect, it's tough enough designing a huge facility covering 15 acres and housing a cavernous underground garage, a posh hotel and hundreds of thousands of square feet of office and retail space.

But to map out a $730 million, 8.1 million-square-foot business and tourist complex adjacent to one of the most historic Islamic sites in Egypt?

That can pose real headaches:

* Plenty of bureaucratic red tape.

* Top Egyptian officials and archaeologists who charged initially the project would blemish Cairo's skyline and threaten views of nearby historic sites.

* UNESCO ...

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