Ein sex anaa gender | male ![]() |
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Country wey e be citizen | Egypt ![]() |
Name in native language | حسن فتحي ![]() |
Name wey dem give am | Hassan ![]() |
Family name | Fathi ![]() |
Ein date of birth | 25 March 1900 ![]() |
Place dem born am | Alexandria ![]() |
Date wey edie | 30 November 1989 ![]() |
Place wey edie | Cairo ![]() |
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | Arabic ![]() |
Ein occupation | architect ![]() |
Field for work | architecture ![]() |
Employer | Cairo University ![]() |
Educate for | Cairo University ![]() |
Award e receive | Right Livelihood Award, Balzan Prize, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Robert Matthew Prize ![]() |
Hassan Fathy (Egyptian Arabic: حسن فتحي; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) na he be noted Egyptian architect wey pioneer appropriate technology give building insyd Egypt, especially by he dey work make he reestablish de use of adobe den traditional mud construction as dem oppose to western building designs, material configurations, den lay-outs. Na dem recognize Fathy plus de Aga Khan Chairman's Award for Architecture insyd 1980.
Na dem born Hassan Fathy insyd Alexandria to a Middle Class Upper Egyptian family.[1][2] He study den train as an architect insyd Egypt, wey he graduate insyd 1926 from de King Fuad University (now Cairo University).[3] Fathy marry Aziza Hassanein, sisto of Ahmed Hassanein. Na he be influence by Upper Egyptian den simple rural architecture, he design a villa plus de southern style give ein wifey along de Nile insyd Maadi, wich na dem later destroy make e make way give de new corniche. Na he sanso design ein bro ein mausoleum (1947), along Salah Salem, insyd Neo-Mamluk style.
Hassan Fathy die of natural causes for November 30, 1989, at ein home insyd Cairo, Egypt.
Dem house Hassan Fathy ein entire archive wich dey include ein architectural plans, photographs den documents for de Rare Books and Special Collections Library at de American University insyd Cairo.' De collection dey include around 5000 architectural plans, 15,000 photographs den ein correspondences, writings den oda collected papers den materials.
Hassan Fathy get a number of publications. Ein first book Architecture for the Poor Archived 2022-01-17 at the Wayback Machine na dem initially publish am by de Egyptian Ministry of Culture insyd 1969 under de title Al-Gurna: A Tale of Two Villages.
Der sanso be a growing number of books about Hassan Fathy. De list dey include:
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