Architect Hassan Fathy

Hassan Fathy

Living place: Alexandria

Birthday: 23-3-1900

Global rank: #47790

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Who is Architect Hassan Fathy?
Prolific Egyptian architect known for creating entire communities using traditional construction methods of mud brick and adobe. Wrote the landmark book on Gourna, "Architecture for the Poor" in 1969.
He was awarded the 1980 Aga Khan Prize for the President's Architecture Prize.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He graduated from King Fuad University in 1926, later Cairo University. He accepted a teaching position at the College of Fine Arts in 1930. His first mud-brick building was erected at the end of the decade.

Family life info

He grew up with five siblings. He married Aziza Hassanein, whose sister is Ahmed Pasha Hassanein. grandchildren sought to preserve his legacy after his death.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Architect Hassan Fathy?
He and Louis Sullivan both became world-famous architects, albeit of different generations.

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When was Architect Hassan Fathy born?
Hassan Fathy was born in 23-3-1900, death year is , at the age of 124.
Where is Architect Hassan Fathy's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Hassan Fathy was born in Alexandria, of Egypt. is a Architect, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Hassan Fathy's global rank is 47790 and whose rank is 33 in list of famous Architect.
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Events in 1900 and 23-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Hassan Fathy

  • Fauvist movement in painting begins, led by Henri Matisse.
  • Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud publishes The Interpretation of Dreams.
  • In China, the anti-foreigner Boxers occupy Beijing. International force ends both the siege and the Boxer Rebellion.

Birthday Hassan Fathy (23-3) in history

  • Day 23-3 year 1775: America's founder Patrick Henry declared, "Give me freedom, or give me death."
  • Day 23-3 year 1806: Two explorers Lewis and Clark began their journey back east.
  • Day 23-3 year 1919: Benito Mussolini founded his own party in Italy, the Fasci di Combattimento.
  • Day 23-3 year 1983: U.S. President Ronald Reagan proposed a space-based missile defense system called the Strategic Defense Initiative or “Star Wars.”
  • Day 23-3 year 1998: The motion picture epic “Titanic” won 11 Oscars at the 70th Academy Awards, tying it with “Ben-Hur” for the most ever.
  • Day 23-3 year 2001: Russia's Mir space station ended its 15-year orbit of the Earth, splashing down in the South Pacific.
  • Day 23-3 year 2003: A U.S. Army convoy was ambushed in Iraq with 11 killed and seven captured, including Pfc. Jessica Lynch.
  • Day 23-3 year 2010: President Barack Obama signed a health-care overhaul bill, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, into law.
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