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Hassan Fathy

1900 - 1989

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Hassan Fathy (Egyptian Arabic: حسن فتحي; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) was a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to reestablish the use of adobe and traditional mud construction as opposed to western building designs, material configurations, and lay-outs. Fathy was recognized with the Aga Khan Chairman's Award for Architecture in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hassan Fathy is the 170th most popular architect (up from 174th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 292nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Egyptian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Hassan Fathy ranks 170 out of 518. Before him are Robert Adam, Jean Chalgrin, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Paul Andreu, Jacob van Campen, and Carlo Rainaldi. After him are William Burges, Lilly Reich, Michele Sanmicheli, Richard Neutra, Ur-Nanshe, and Aristobulus of Cassandreia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Hassan Fathy ranks 90. Before him are Helene Weigel, Robert Desnos, Agnes Moorehead, Camille Chamoun, Marc Allégret, and Bluma Zeigarnik. After him are Fulcanelli, Ernst Busch, Muhammad Asad, Wilhelm Rediess, George Antheil, and Lorenzo Fernández. Among people deceased in 1989, Hassan Fathy ranks 76. Before him are Lucille Ball, Minoru Genda, Józef Cyrankiewicz, Hamani Diori, Bernard Blier, and Barbara W. Tuchman. After him are Carlos Arias Navarro, Hans Hartung, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Nicolás Guillén, Margarete Buber-Neumann, and Arseny Tarkovsky.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Hassan Fathy ranks 289 out of 642. Before him are Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928), Huda Sha'arawi (1879), Syrianus (400), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (1929), and John Tristan, Count of Valois (1250). After him are Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah (1096), Barsanuphius (401), Setepenre (-1400), Amr Diab (1961), Al-Mu'azzam Isa (1176), and Khamudi (-1549).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Egypt

Among architects born in Egypt, Hassan Fathy ranks 6. Before him are Khufu (-2700), Imhotep (-2800), Senenmut (-1600), Hemiunu (-2500), and Amenhotep, son of Hapu (-1420). After him are Nefermaat (-2500).

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