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Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
Variant Names Abdelwahed (First name)
El-Wakil (Last name)
Gender Male
Country of Origin Egypt
ArchNet Party ID AN00477
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
Masjid al-Miqat Medina Saudi Arabia 10
Masjid al-Qiblatayn Medina Saudi Arabia 11
Masjid Qiba 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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