List of Egyptian architects

This is a list of architects, urban planners, engineers, overseers and officials that were either born in Egypt, or lived and worked there for a significant part of their career and who had a notable impact on buildings and towns there.

Ancient Egyptian overseers

19th Century planners and engineers

During the 19th Century, planning and construction of villages and infrastructure was undertaken by archaeologists and engineers, especially those who headed the public works departments.

Pioneer architects

A term coined by historians and peers for architects in Egypt that were very influential in the shaping of the profession, especially initiating a home-grown blend of Egyptian Modernist architecture, roughly during the second quarter of the 20th Century.[1]

Neo-vernacularists

Architects that sought significant inspiration in their work, whether from local vernacular architecture.

Pioneer and contemporary civil engineers

Contemporary architects

Architects that practised over the second half of the 20th Century till present.

  • Gamal Bakry (1926-2006)
  • Farouk al-Gohary (1937-2020)
  • Ahmed Mito
  • Amany Kamel
  • Hatem Said
  • May al-Ibrashi

Contemporary urban planners
  • Abdelbaki Ibrahim (1926 — 2001)
  • Abuzeid Rageh (1926 — 2020)
  • Karim Zulfikar (1986 — )
  • Kareem H. El-Sisi (1997 — )
  • Maher Stino (1947 — )
  • Mahmoud Yousry (1933 — 2015)
  • Nasamat Abdelkader (1944 — )
  • Shehab Mazhar (1954 — )

See also

References
  1. Ashour, Shaimaa (2012). Pioneer Egyptian Architects During the Liberal Era (1919-1952) (in Arabic). Cairo: Maktabat Madbouli. pp. 230–233.
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