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Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
Variant Names Abdelwahed (First name)
El-Wakil (Last name)
Gender Male
Country of Origin Egypt
Description/Biography
Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil graduated from Ain-Shams University in Cairo, where, from 1965 to 1970, he lectured in the Department of Architecture. El-Wakil has acknowledged the importance of Hassan Fathy to his design development. Since 1971 El-Wakil has been in private practice as an architect.
(Source: Architecture and Community: Building in the Islamic World Today. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Millerton, NY: Aperture. 1983.)

Associated sites
Site Location Country Images
Al-Sulaiman Palace Jeddah Saudi Arabia 13
Azizeyah Mosque Jeddah Saudi Arabia 8
Binladen Mosque Jeddah Saudi Arabia 8
Corniche Mosque Jeddah Saudi Arabia 33
Datsun Complex Jeddah Saudi Arabia 6
Halawa House Agamy Egypt 47
Hamdy Residence Giza Egypt 0
Harithy Mosque Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0
Island Mosque Jeddah Saudi Arabia 10
Juffali Mosque Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0
King Saud Mosque Jeddah Saudi Arabia 11
Miqat Mosque Complex Medina Saudi Arabia 10
Qiblatain Mosque Medina Saudi Arabia 11
Qubbah Mosque Medina Saudi Arabia 12
Ruwais Mosque Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0
Sulaiman Mosque Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0

Associated publications
Author Title Year
Khalidi, Omar Architects in Egypt: A Preliminary Bibliography 2005
Al-Radi, Selma Corniche Mosque 1994
Holod, Renata and Darl Rastorfer Halawa House 1983
Individual Houses: Middle East Individual Houses: Middle East 1987
El-Wakil, Abdel Wahid An Island Mosque in Jeddah 1986
Abel, Chris Model and Metaphor in the Design of New Building Types in Saudi Arabia 1988
Al-Asad, Mohammad The Mosques of Abdel Wahed El-Wakil 1992
Santelli, Serge, Rasem Badran, William J. R. Curtis, Halim Abdel-Halim, and Abdel Wahed El-Wakil On Creativity, Imagination, and the Design Process 1989
Profile: El-Wakil Profile: El-Wakil 1981
Sugish, Haroon Traditional Architecture Finds a Royal Patron, Part I 1999
Sugish, Haroon Traditional Architecture Finds a Royal Patron, Part II 1999

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