Shahira Fahmy Explained

Shahira Fahmy
Nationality:Egyptian
Alma Mater:Cairo University
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Children:2
Awards:International Mimar Sinan Prize,
Green GOOD DESIGN Award
Young Architect Award
Practice:Shahira Fahmy Architects

Shahira Fahmy (born 1974) is an Egyptian architect.[1] [2] She is the founder and principal of Shahira Fahmy Architects (SFA), established in 2005 in Cairo, Egypt.

Fahmy won the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for 2015,[3] [4] [5] and is a recipient of the Berkman fellowship of Berkman Center for Internet & Society for 2016[6] at Harvard Law School.

Fahmy has also served as an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.

In 2005, Fahmy won the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Young Architect Award (2005).[7] Her company has won international competitions in Switzerland and London.

Early life and education

Fahmy was born in Egypt. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture from Cairo University in 1997. She also holds a master's degree in architecture from Cairo University, graduating in 2004.[8]

Career

Fahmy was an instructor at Cairo University from 1997 to 2007.

Fahmy has collaborated with other architects,[9] including working with Legoretta+legorreta, Abdel Halim Ibrahim, and Sasaki on the new campus at American University in Cairo in 2005, with Dar el Handasah on the design of the Ahmed Bahaa El-Din Cultural Center in 2010, and with Bas Princen at the exhibition 'Home in the Arab World' at the 2012 London Festival of Architecture.

Fahmy has been a guest speaker at Arkimeet, Istanbul (2010), the Royal Institute of British Architects, London (2011), the Harvard Arab Alumni Association (2011),[10] American University Beirut (2012), and American University Cairo (2012).[11]

In 2012, with the London-based Delfina Foundation,[12] Fahmy won an architecture competition and as a result worked on the architectural expansion of the Delfina Foundation headquarters near Buckingham Palace in London,[13] [14] which was completed in 2014.[15] Fahmy also designed the modern Block 36 in Westown, Cairo.[16] [17]

Fahmy is a board member of the International Community of the Red Cross in Egypt. She is a member of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate and the Friends of Ahmed Bahaa El Din Society. She is an associate member of the Society of Egyptian Architects, UIA National Section, and the Egyptian Earth Construction Association.

Fahmy has participated in various architectural exhibitions, including the Atlas of The Unbuilt World, The Home in the Arab world, Andermatt Swiss Alps AG, Green Good Design Exhibition, Cityscape Abu Dhabi, +20 Egypt Design, Cairo, Egypt, World Architecture Festival, Cityscape Dubai, MIPIM, Traffic, Furnex, LEAF Award, 100% Design/ 100% Futures, Salone Internationale del Mobile Salone Satellite, and Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Acting

Fahmy made her acting debut in Hong Sang-soo's 2017 drama film Claire's Camera, alongside Isabelle Huppert and Kim Min-hee. The feature was screened in the Special Screening section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[18] [19]

Publications: Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 14 September 2010 . Old and new . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230304030957/https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-tenders/article-9448-old-and-new . 4 March 2023 . 3 March 2023 . Construction Week.
  2. Web site: Elkayal . Heba . 18 June 2010 . Shahira Fahmy: Mashrabiya magic . 3 March 2023 . Daily News Egypt.
  3. Web site: 24 March 2020 . Shahira H. Fahmy . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220330013149/https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/sfahmy . 30 March 2022 . 3 March 2023 . . . en.
  4. Web site: Shahira Fahmy - Loeb Fellow 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230304024425/https://loebfellowship.gsd.harvard.edu/fellows-alumni/fellows-search/shahira-fahmy/ . 4 March 2023 . 4 March 2023 . The LOEB Fellowship . . en-US.
  5. Web site: 15 September 2014 . Meet the Loebs Week Seminar: "Agitating Communities": Andrew Howard, Shahira Fahmy and Kolu Zigbi . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221009141021/https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/meet-the-loebs-week-seminar-agitating-communities-andrew-howard-shahira-fahmy-and-kolu-zigbi/ . 9 October 2022 . 4 March 2023 . . en-US.
  6. Web site: 7 July 2015 . Berkman Center Announces 2015-2016 Community . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221205192710/https://cyber.harvard.edu/newsroom/2015_2016_community . 5 December 2022 . 3 March 2023 . . . en.
  7. Web site: Kaaki . Lisa . 30 November 2006 . Shahira Hamed Fahmy: Reinterpreting Architecture . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220330013148/https://www.arabnews.com/node/291677 . 30 March 2022 . 9 October 2015 . . en.
  8. Web site: 9 September 2013 . Shahira Fahmy: Designing Dreams . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220704124216/https://cairoscene.com/ArtsAndCulture/Shahira-Fahmy-Designing-Dreams . 4 July 2022 . 3 March 2023 . Cairo Scene.
  9. Web site: East . Ben . 4 July 2012 . Art show peeks inside homes of the Middle East . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230304034306/https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/art/art-show-peeks-inside-homes-of-the-middle-east-1.391838 . 4 March 2023 . 3 March 2023 . . en.
  10. Web site: 8 March 2015 . 15 of the Most Inspirational Egyptian Women Today . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222095504/http://paltelegraph.com/15-of-the-most-inspirational-egyptian-women-today/ . 22 December 2015 . The Palestine Telegraph.
  11. http://mosaicrooms.org/wp-content/uploads/Shahira-H-Fahmy-all.pdf C.V. - Shahira H Fahmy
  12. Web site: Higazy . Ingy . 29 September 2016 . Shahira Fahmy: A career that responded to a revolution . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221102233453/https://www.madamasr.com/en/2016/09/29/feature/culture/shahira-fahmy-a-career-that-responded-to-a-revolution/ . 2 November 2022 . 3 March 2023 . Mada.
  13. Web site: Cilento . Karen . 10 August 2012 . Delfina Foundation Expansion / Studio Octopi + Shahira Fahmy Architects . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006053140/https://www.archdaily.com/262318/delfina-foundation-expansion-studio-octopi-shahira-fahmy-architects . 6 October 2022 . 3 March 2023 . ArchDaily . en-US . 0719-8884.
  14. Web site: 25 July 2012 . Cairo and London duo to expand Delfina Foundation base near Buckingham Palace . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202603/http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/in-brief/1635/cairo-and-london-duo-to-expand-delfina-foundation-base-near-buckingham-palace.html . 4 March 2016 . World Architecture News.
  15. Web site: Mark . Laura . 3 February 2014 . Studio Octopi completes £1.4m Delfina Foundation expansion . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061922/http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/studio-octopi-completes-14m-delfina-foundation-expansion/8658251.article . 4 March 2016 . 4 March 2023 . The Architects’ Journal . en.
  16. Web site: Asfour . Khaled . 30 January 2012 . View From Cairo, Egypt . live . https://archive.today/20230304081021/https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/view-from-cairo-egypt . 4 March 2023 . 4 March 2023 . . en.
  17. Web site: 3 August 2015 . 5 Egyptian Architects That Have Left Their Footprint . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220528114231/https://cairoscene.com/ArtsAndCulture/5-Egyptian-Architects-That-Have-Left-Their-Footprint . 28 May 2022 . 3 March 2023 . Cairo Scene.
  18. Web site: Sofia Coppola, Todd Haynes, Michael Haneke, Bong-Joon Ho & ‘Twin Peaks’ Lead 2017 Cannes Film Festival Line Up. ThePlaylist.net. Kevin. Jagernauth. April 13, 2017. April 15, 2017.
  19. Web site: Egyptian architect-turned-actress Shahira Fahmy. Brooklyn, 2016.. Instagram. Evans. Benedict. April 15, 2017.

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