Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil

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Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (* 7 August 1943 in Cairo; ). Egyptian architect who designed over 15 mosques in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

In 1965 El-Wakil graduated from Ain Shams University in Cairo, where he was a student of Hassan Fathy. Subsequently he lectured in their Department of Architecture (1965-1970). Since 1971 he has been in private practice as an architect. Since 1993 he has been based in Miami, Florida.

  • 1980 The Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Halawa house in Agamy, Egypt;
  • 1989 The Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Corniche Mosque in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  • Holod, Renata (1983) Architecture and community : building in the Islamic world today : the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Millerton, NY: Aperture;
  • "The Mosques of Abdel Wahed El-Wakil" Al-Asad, Mohammed (1992) "The Mosques of Abdel Wahed El-Wakil" in MIMAR 42: Architecture in Development Concept Media Ltd., London;


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