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Via Wikimedia Commons
Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil
- Based in
- Cairo
- Born
- 1943
Awards
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1980)Winner
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1989)Winner
Biography
Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil is an Egyptian architect who designed over 15 mosques in Saudi Arabia and is considered by many as the foremost contemporary authority in Islamic architecture. For designing in traditional styles, he is also a representative of New Classical Architecture.
