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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1900-03-23 ) March 23, 1900, Alexandria , Egypt
- Died
- November 30, 1989 (1989-11-30) (aged 89), Cairo , Egypt
- Occupation
- Architect
- Awards
- Aga Khan Chairman's Award for Architecture (1980) Balzan Prize (1980) Right Livelihood Award (1980) UIA Gold Medal (1984)
- Buildings
- New Qurna
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hassan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire
- Place of birth
- Alexandria
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Occupation
- architect
- Educated at
- Cairo University
- Employer
- Cairo University
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Field of work
- architecture
- Image
- Hassan Fathy in Cairo (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Hassan Fathy
- date of birth
- 1900-03-25
- date of death
- 1989-11-30
- name in native language
- حسن فتحي
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Encyclopedic overview
Hassan Fathy (Egyptian Arabic: حسن فتحي; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) was a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to reestablish the use of adobe and traditional mud construction as opposed to western building designs, material configurations, and lay-outs. Fathy was recognized with the Aga Khan Chairman's Award for Architecture in 1980.
Personal life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hassan Fathi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.