List of Egyptian architects

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 (1943– )

Pioneer and contemporary civil engineers

 * Michel Bakhoum (1913–1981)
 * Milad Hanna (1924–2012)
 * Hani Azer (1948– )