List of Egyptian architects explained

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

• Imhotep (3rd dynasty)
• Hemiunu (4th dynasty)
• Senenmut (18th dynasty)
• Amenhotep, son of Hapu (18th dynasty)

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.

• Pascal Coste (1787–1879)
• Joseph Hekekyan (1807–1875)
• Linant Pasha (1799–1883)
• Ali Mubarak (1823–1893)

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]

• Ali Labib Gabr (1898–1966)
• Mahmoud Riad (1905–1977)
• Mohamed Kamal Ismail (1908–2008)
• Naoum Shebib (1915–1985)
• Sayed Karim (1911–2005)
• Charles Ayrout (1905–1961)

Neo-vernacularists

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

• Ramses Wissa Wassef (1911–1974)
• Hassan Fathy (1900–1989)
• Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (1943–)

Pioneer and contemporary civil engineers

• Michel Bakhoum (1913–1981)
• Milad Hanna (1924–2012)
• Hani Azer (1948–)

See also

• List of architects
• List of Egyptians

Notes and References

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