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Hassan Fathy

Hassan Fathy extends the Egypt corpus as a studio-level record for earthen construction, settlement design, and regionally rooted architectural thinking.

studio

1930-1989

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Housing Settlement Village Masterplan Adobe Mud Brick Earth

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Gallery

Hassan Fathy gallery

New Gourna image

Seed wave 50 image for New Gourna.

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Architects

Works

Books

Offices

Open roles

Places

Cities

Luxor1

Countries

Egypt1

Sources

Wikidata

Focus

housing · masterplan · settlement

Adobe Earth Brick

Architects

Architect

Hassan Fathy

1900-1989 · Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Role: founder

Founder relationship

Hassan Fathy was an Egyptian architect known for climate-responsive adobe construction, village planning, and a sustained critique of imported modern building systems.

Selected works

New Gourna

1946-1952 · Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Village and housing settlement

Hassan Fathy