This is a list of architects, urban planners, engineers, overseers and officials that were either born in Egypt, or lived and worked there for a significant part of their career and who had a notable impact on buildings and towns there.
Ancient Egyptian overseers Imhotep (3rd dynasty) Hemiunu (4th dynasty) Senenmut (18th dynasty) Amenhotep, son of Hapu (18th dynasty)
19th-century planners and engineers During the 19th century, planning and construction of villages and infrastructure was undertaken by archaeologists and engineers, especially those who headed the public works departments.
Pascal Coste (1787–1879) Joseph Hekekyan (1807–1875) Linant Pasha (1799–1883) Ali Mubarak (1823–1893)
Pioneer architects A term coined by historians and peers for architects in Egypt that were very influential in the shaping of the profession, especially initiating a home-grown blend of Egyptian Modernist architecture, roughly during the second quarter of the 20th century.
Ali Labib Gabr (1898–1966) Mahmoud Riad (1905–1977) Mohamed Kamal Ismail (1908–2008) Naoum Shebib (1915–1985) Sayed Karim (1911–2005) Charles Ayrout (1905–1961)
Neo-vernacularists Architects that sought significant inspiration in their work, whether from local vernacular architecture.
Ramses Wissa Wassef (1911–1974) Hassan Fathy (1900–1989) Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (born 1943)
Pioneer and contemporary civil engineers Michel Bakhoum (1913–1981) Milad Hanna (1924–2012) Hani Azer (born 1948)
See also
List of architects List of Egyptians
References