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Cairo's belle époque architects 1900 - 1950
compiled by Samir Raafat

This is an on-going attempt to digitize Khedivial Cairo's (1880-1960) architectural history. Started in Summer 1998 this is by no means an accurate or complete listing which is why it is constantly updated. Please email name of architect(s) or Bldg(s) you feel should be included, or any corrections you consider appropriate.
Thank you

Book compiled by Mercedes Volait
Cover of book compiled by Mercedes Volait (co-edition IFAO/CEDEJ 2001)

A very special thanks to

Mercedes Volait for her cooperation and inspiration

and thanks also to

Carla Burri, Cynthia Mynthi, Faiza Hassan, Hamish Cowell, Rudolf Agstner, Selim Nahas, Donat Agosti

and

George Khoury-Haddad George Arbid, Hoda Serag El Dine, Hussein Shahine, Linda Baladi, Luciano Prinzivalli, Madeleine Barnoti, Marcella Stern, Marrianne Guillet, Maurice Menashe, Mireille and Arlette Shebib, Mohammed Awad, Andre Weiser, Vittoria Buffo-Larderel Michel Boutros-Ghali, Amy Matouk, Myrna Zananiri-Toutounji, Nick Warner, Nihal Tamraz, Pascal Garret, Paul Geday, Paul Reuber, Selim Sednaoui, Stephen Papastephanou, Talaat Badrawi, Victor Salama

without whose efforts the memory and achievements of the following architects would be a thing of the past!

Spiro Bldg on Kasr al-Nil Street
Spiro Bldg on Kasr al-Nil Street

Albert Zananiri Alexandre Marcel Ambroise Baudry Ali Labib Gabr
Antoine Selim Nahas Antonio Battigelli Antonio Lasciac Ariston St. John Diamant
Ara Charakian Arnold Zarb Georges Calligopoulo Charles Ayrout
Caccia Dominioni Eduard Matasek Ernest Jaspar Ernesto Verrucci
Dimitrius Fabricius Pasha Francesco Battigelli Friederich Schoen George Parcq
Garo Balyan Gaston Rossi George Philipous Guiseppe Mazza
Henri Fresco Henry Gorra Joseph Urban Domenico Limongelli
Luigi Manham Marcel Dourgnon Marco Olivetti Mario Rossi
Max Edrei Max Herz Max Zollikofer Michel Libermann
Moise "Maurice" Menasche Moustafa Fahmy N. Catacouzinos Naoum Shebib
Nubar Kevorkian Oscar Horowitz Paul-Conin Pasteur Raoul Brandon
Raoul Zeheri Raymond Antonious Romollo Gilardini Gennaro Scognamiglio
Leo Nafilyan Robert Williams Victor Del Burgo Ernest Richmond
Zulke Mahmoud Riad Florestano de Fausto Alexandre Loria
Auguste Perret Ferdinand Debanne Guido Gavassi Aristide Leonori
Aznavour V. Tragni

FOR A LIST OF PRE 1937 CAIRO BUILDINGS SORTED BY CONTRACTORS CLICK HERE

ALI LABIB GABR
Ali Labib Gabr

Ali Labib Gabr was Dean of the School of Architecture of Cairo University.

SOME OF HIS WORKS

Two peculiarities make the Indian Embassy residence on Zamalek's Mohammed Mazhar Street special. Firstly because it was designed in art-deco style by leading Egyptian architect Ali Labib Gabr. Secondly, because in a city of 16 million this villa is one of 14 such properties with direct access to the Nile and therefore an endangered specie. Originally the villa belonged to Dr. Mohammed Reda who sold it in 1949 to the newly independent government of India. The first Indian ambassador to live there was Assaf Ali Asghar Fayzy at whcih time the villa was both residence and chancery.

Sources: incl. Seif el Rashidi, Zetta Ragheb

ANTOINE SELIM NAHAS

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Antoine Selim Nahas Antoine Selim Nahas, born in Cairo on 27 August 1901, was by far the most prolific architect of his generation. His father, Selim Nahas, owned a textile factory which he later passed on to Antoine's younger brother Robert before the latter sold it to Robert Hosni who proceeded to expand it.

Nahas was educated at Cairo's College des Freres (much later in his career he would build the extant College in Daher). Later, as a member of the Mission Scolaires Egyptienne en France he, joined l'Ecole Centrale des Art et Manufactures in Paris graduating in July 1925. Subsequently he enrolled in l'Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts where he taught after graduating in June 1930.

Nahas's first project was the design of Beirut's national museum circa 1930. It was in Lebanon that he met Gladys Shoucair whom he married before moving to Cairo in 1934 where their son Selim was born.

In Cairo, Nahas established his practice at No. 13 Cherif Street (10th floor) and later at No. 19 Kasr al-Nil Street (4th floor). Aside from his private practice, Nahas was Chief Architect for the Ministry of Education. He also obtained a professorship at Fouad (now Cairo) University's faculty of (Fonoun al-Gamila--Beaux Arts. During his tenure he obtained the privilege for FG graduates to receive a diploma from the Beaux Arts in Paris after spending one year there. It was during his teaching career that he traveled to Lebanon for the execution of several prestigious public and private projects

al-Chams Bldg situated on Simon Bolivar Square

Nahas lived successively at (I) Villa Sobhani on Dokhoulieh Street (where Sheraton Giza stands today), (ii) in a roof-flat at No. 3(?) Rue Maspero, and (iii) in a self-designed Dokki villa he inherited from his brother Michael.

Following the 1961 nationalization and sequestration laws, Nahas, at the instigation of textile magnate Francois Tager and a cousin, Raymond Homsy, relocated in Rome where he started an urban development project. The Italian venture ultimately failed for lack of sufficient funds. Two years later, Nahas relocated his practice in Beirut's Union Bldg in the Art et Metier district. He was subsequently appointed dean of Lebanon's Institut National des Beaux Arts

Nahas's last architectural achievement was the design of an extension for Beirut's National Museum, the same museum where he started his prolific career three decades earlier.

Nahas died in Beirut on 15 November 1966.

Some of his works:

CAIRO and GIZA:

OUTSIDE CAIRO:

LEBANON:

Associates and employee at Antoine S. Nahas practice between 1944 -1956

Some of the contractors who executed major projects:

Office Employee in Beirut:

Eugenio Nuzzo held the chief architect position in Mr. Nahas’ office during the second half of the forties and the fifties. During WW2 Nuzzo, an Italian national, was interned by the British at Al-Fayed concentration camp in the Ismailia district. Nuzzo left Egypt in 1960 for Italy. He re-met Antoine S. Nahas in Rome where they discussed a new venture, which did not take off unfortunately. During the sixties and seventies, Nuzzo participated in several projects in Italy and other European countries. Ultimately, he became chief architect of the Exhibition grounds in Via Cristoforo Colombo in Rome (Fiera di Roma). He died in Rome, Italy in March 1982.

Eugenio Nuzzo

Eugenio Nuzzo

Sources: Selim Antoine Nahas (New York), al-Emara Magazine, Linda Baladi (Paris), Talaat Badrawi (Cairo), Frank Nuzzo, Italy

ANTONIO LASCIAC

Born in Gorizza, it is today disputed whether Lasciac was an Austrian or Italian subject. Considered one of the more prolific architects during Khedive Abbas Hilmi's reign. Promoted to Senior architect of khedivial palaces following the death of Farbricius Pasha.

Asicurazione de Trieste on Kasr El Ni Street mosaic bearing Bldg's name

1907 ahram clipping

SOME OF HIS WORKS

Sources: Luciano Prinzivalli, Italy; al-Emara Magazine; others. MORE

ANTONIO BATIGELLI

Brother of architect Francesco Battigelli who reportedly authored the Arc de Triomphe in Alexandria and Khedive Ismail's mausoleum. Born in Trieste in 1838 and died in Vienna in 1898.

SOME OF HIS WORKS

Sources: Rudolf Agstner

ALEXANDRE MARCEL

French architect member of the Institut.

SOME OF HIS WORKS

Mohammed Ali Club before addition of new floor plus cuppola

Allegedly designed by Alexandre Marcel

After addition of cuppola

  • Basilique Cathedral, Heliopolis
  • Baron Empain Hindu Palace, Heliopolis

    Sources: Pascal Garret

    ARA CHARAKIAN

    Offices at No. 33 Emad al-Din, Cairo

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Talaat Badrawi; Youssef Hamed Zaki

    ARNOLD ZARB

    Assicurazione General de Trieste Bldg (b. 1939), corner of Abdel Khalek Sarwat and Mohammed Farid, downtown Cairo

    Sources: Victor Salama

    ARISTON St. JOHN DIAMANT

    British subject from Smyrna.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Twenty Century Impressions of Egypt

    ALBERT ZANANIRI

    Albert ZananiriSOME OF HIS WORKS

    Albert Zananiri plaque outrside Bldg on Ismail Pasha Street, Garden City

    Albert Zananiri diploma
    1927 diploma from Ecole des Beaux Arts

    LEBANON & EUROPE

    CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OF ALBERT ZANANIRI'S BULDINGS

    Sources: Irene Rostom, Myrna Zananiri-Toutounji, Nevine Zananiri, Kamal Tamraz, al-Emara Magazine, Liliane Sednaoui-Tager, Joseph Debanné.

    CEORGES CALLIGOPOULO

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    CHARLES HABIB AYROUT

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    DIMITRIUS FABRICIUS PASHA

    1907 ahram clipping

    Died on 3 March 1907 at his house in Boulac. Occupied post of director of khedivial palaces.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: various

    EDUARD MATASEK

    Austro-Hungarian architect born in Vienna on 18 March 1867 died in Alexandria 31 October 1912. Opened offices in Cairo with Maurice Cattaui. In his younger days, Matasek had either worked for, or been apprenticed to, famous Austrian architects including Wieser, Lotz, Fellner and Helmer. In Cairo he designed several commercial and residential Bldgs including the main Jewish Synagogue in downtown Cairo and the Austro-Hungarian Rudolf Hospital in the now popular district of Shubra. The first is already listed and the second has been disfigured over the years. Matasek is said to have taken part in the design of the Credit Foncier's Cairo headquarters (today Arab International Bank). Its principal designer however was Max Herz Bey the dean of the Austrian architects in Cairo. Herz was responsible for several government-commissioned Bldgs before WW-1 among them the Islamic Museum. He was decorated on 11 August 1912 receiving the title of pasha.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Twentieth Century Impressions of Egypt, Rudolf Agstner, Maria Stern

    ERNEST JASPAR

    Belgium architect responsible with Alexandre Marcel for most of original Heliopolis in 1907-14

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Contractors: Leon Rolin & Padova; Ferro & Dentamaro

    ERNESTO VERRUCCI BEY

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Luciano Prinzivalli, Italy; al-Emara Magazine. MORE

    FRANCESCO BATIGELLI

    Born in Trieste

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Rudolf Agstner

    FRIEDRICH SCHOEN

    Born in Lovasbereny, Hungary, 17 August 1857 died (Lithuania?) in 1941.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Rudolf Agstner

    GEORGES PARCQ

    French architect who left his mark across Cairo's European quarter starting with the pre-WW1 Sednaoui department store on Midan Khazindar. On occasion collaborated with Jacques Hardy and Max Edrei. His widow survived him occupying penthouse at Nile View No. 18 Saray al-Gezira Street, Zamalek.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Some Bldgs are plaqued; Kamal Tamraz

    GUISEPPE MAZZA

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Bldgs are plaqued

    GARO BALYAN

    Alleged descendant of Ottoman court architect Krikor Balyan of Dolmabahce fame, Garo (b. Istanbul, 1872; d. Cairo 1948), came from a family of architects. In view of internal unrest in Turkey, he relocated in Cairo working for Dimitri Fabricius Bey, the then-architect of the Ministry of Public Works and the Royal Court. Balyan later set up his own practice in the Green Bldg, No. 4 Midan Tewfik. Survived by a son, Harustan.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    GASTON ROSSI

    Gaston Rossi is a Descendant of Elia Rossi Bey, doctor to the khedive. Partnered up with Victor Salama and Paolo Caccia Dominioni. First partner was Count Henri de Heller.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Victor Salama, Vera Rabinovitch-Bajocchi

    GEORGE PHILIPOUS

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    HENRI FRESCO

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    HENRY GORRA

    Architect of Victoria College Alexandria.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    JOSEPH URBAN

    Born in Vienna 26 May 1872 died in New York 10 July 1933

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Rudolf Agstner

    DOMENICO LIMONGELLI

    Born in 1880.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Subject: Fr. Maximous El Antony
    Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 11:47:25 +0300
    From: "Maximous El Antony"

    There is a very important Bldg should be included in your list in Cairo , The Church of St. Mary in Zeitun, Cairo. It was built by DOMENICO LIMONGELLI in 1925, supported and ordered by Tawfik Bek & his sister Victoria , the sons of Ibrahim Khalil Pasha.

    Sources: Michel Boutros-Ghali, Amin Fakhry Abdel Nour, Fernand Sobhani, Marie-Louise Henon

    LUIGI MANHAM

    Luigi Manham was the son of an Austrian Lloyd employee. Born 25 March 1869 (Alex?) and died in Cairo 20 July 1957. Changed nationality from Austrian to Italian in 1923.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Omniya 'Bobby' Foda (Mrs. Hassan Mahmoud); Rudolf Agstner

    MARCEL DOURGNON

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Contractors: Guissepe Garozzo & Francesco Zaffrani

    MAX EDREI

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: al-Emara magazine, Victor Salama (Paris), Max Karkegi, (Vitre, Bretagne, France)

    MAX HERZ

    Born Miksha Herz on 19 May 1856, in Otlaka, Hungary. Studied in Budapest. Came to Egypt as a tutor for the children of the proprietor of Hotel Du Nil. In 1882 worked in Egypt at the Wakf ministry then under Julius Franz Pasha (chief court and Awqaf architect during reign of Khedive Mohammed-Tewfik became pasha on 26 February 1885) whom he replaced in 1888. Deputy Head of the Committe. Died in Zurich on 5 May 1919.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Rudolf Agstner

    MICHEL LIBERMANN

    SOME OF HIS WORKS No. 10 Taha Hussein (ex-Willcocks) built in 1925

    Michel (aka Max) Libermann's offices were located at ex-Marconi Bldg. No. 18 Madabegh (later renamed Cherif Pasha) Street, in downtown Cairo where the National Bank of Egypt stands today
    Although Libermann catered to the upper class specializng in villas and medium-sized apartment Bldgs, at the twilight of his career he was commissioned to build the Pepsi Cola plants in Cairo and Alexandria.
    Reportedly a Russian Jew, Libermann was single. He is described by his sometime assitant and aide 1948-53, George Khoury-Hadad, as as a short, bald loner who suffered from a nervous tick (constantly shaking his neck). His family consisted of a sister married to advertising agent Silvio Matattia of 1 Borsa El Gedida, Cairo.
    In 1955 Michel Libermann shared offices with architect Joseph Levys at No. 48 Kasr El Nil Street.

    Sources: plaqued; Ibrahim Mahmoud Khalifa; George Khoury-Haddad

    MAX ZOLLIKOFER

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    MAURICE "MOISE" MENASCHE

    Kamel Toueg Bldg. A son of Abraham Menasche, Moise (or Maurice) was born in Cairo on 18 December 1907. He studied at College des Freres 1926-27 before joining l'Institut Philotechnique in Paris where he graduated in March 1931. Married to Germaine from whom he begot Albert, Benoit, Nanda and Sylvain. Lived at 10/12 Tewfik Street, Heliopolis and later at No. 5 Seket al-Fadl, Cairo, near the French Consulate. Menasche died in Paris in September 1960.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Jacques Menasche

    MOUSTAFA FAHMY PASHA

    Chief Architect @ Ministry of Public Works, most prolific during last two decades of monarchy.

    Mustafa Fahmy Pasha at work
    at work on a new mosque

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: groundbreaking plaques; Moustafa Fahmi Pasha family

    N. CATACOUZINOS

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Plaques

    MARIO ROSSI

    Assem Villa on Ismail Mohammed St. Zamalek

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Andre Weiser (New York), Ahmed Sidky and others.

    NAOUM CHEBIB

    Naoum Shebib Born in Cairo on 28 November 1915, Naoum Shebib was one of the leading Egyptian architects of his time. He graduated in 1937 with honors from Cairo University. He also obtained from the same university a post graduate diploma in Soil Mechanics & Engineering (1954) and another in Structural Engineering (1956). Between 1941 and 1970, Shebib conducted his practice as an architect, structural engineer and contractor. His integrity and expertise were highly valued in both his profession and among the community. He employed fourteen people whereas the number of workers on construction sites reached several thousands. In 1971, Naoum Shebib relocated in Canada with his family, where he lived until his death in 1985.

    Cairo TowerHis most remarkable realizations have been the following:

  • Cairo Tower (b. 1961)
  • Al-Ahram Bldg (b. 1960s)
  • Sabet-Sabet Bldg (b. 1958) in Garden City
  • Radio Tower (b. 1954), Rouchdi Street, 22 floors.
  • Immeuble Charles Kuentz (1955), No. 5 Boulos Hanna Street, Dokki

    Cairo Tower

    The Cairo tower on Gezira Island, was the highest concrete structure in the world when it was completed, standing 187 meters tall. Shebib was the project's architect in chief, structural engineer and its global contractor. In 1961 the tower's official inauguration took place. The design of the tower is of Pharaonic influence appearing in the shape of a tall lotus flower made up of 8 million small mosaic lozenges. As the lozenges ascend towards the top of the tower, they are stretched on a vertical axis creating an impression of an upward movement enhancing the figure of the lotus flower. With a diameter of fourteen meters, the tower rests on a steel-reinforced concrete slab, the dimension of which is quite impressive. At the time of its construction, more  than five hundred workers were required. al-Ahram Bldg on Gala'a Street

    The Cairo Tower is also characterized by purity of lines and by the truthfulness of primal material. The absence of any superfluous decorations and the utilization of the naked concrete bring the viewer's eyes and attention to yet another symbol of eternal Egypt. At the top of the tower, one finds a revolving restaurant, a cafeteria and a belvedere from which numerous tourists can admire the Cairo panorama.

    al-Ahram Bldg (b. 1960s)

    Al-Ahram Bldg is home to the leading Arab newspaper. Here also Shebib was the project's architect in chief, structural and site engineer. The surface of this Bldg is 30,000 square meters which includes space occupied by the editorial, printing and administration services, as well as the public areas.

    Sabet-Sabet Bldg.The two first skyscraper apartments of Cairo


    Sabet-Sabet Bldg -- 31 floors a.k.a. Belmont Bldg (b. 1958) on Corniche-al-Nil, Garden City.

    Concrete dome roofs for several Bldgs, such as cinemas or factories

    In 1946, Shebib built the concrete dome roof of the 800 sq.m. Ali Baba Cinema, in the Boulak district using a technology that he subsequently patented. It consisted of a unique method whereby the concrete roof of a Bldg is poured onto a mould on the ground and, once the concrete has set, is slowly raised into position to a height of 12 meters with the use of jacks. A similar dome roof, supported by only eight pillars, was used in the construction of De Sotos' Sales & Service Bldg for account of the Cairo Motor Company.

    OTHER PROJECTS

    Pre-Meridien Hotel view of new Sabet-Sabet Bldg. Shebib realized in various districts of Cairo several construction projects including apartment Bldgs, schools, churches, factories, commercial Bldgs, cinemas, individual residences and villas. His projects made good use of structural elements of various types, such as mushroom structural supports, and thin concrete shell vaults. The latter became his expertise as of 1946. Although various types of foundations were used, he developed a special type of concrete ground slab foundations that made good use of thin vaults in the shape of hyperbolic paraboloids.
    Shebib also developed a pyramidal type of foundation. Besides the scientific aspect of his work, one should note his management qualities that enabled him to successfully supervise projects worth up to US $5,000,000 value of 1960's).

    Sources: Arlette Naoum Shebib, Mireille Shebib-Aube, Linda Baladi, Madeleine Barnoti

    NUBAR KEVORKIAN

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: plaqued

    MARCO OLIVETTI

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Denise Selim Amoun, Luciano Prinzivalli

    OSCAR HOROWITZ

    Born 3 October 1881 in Jagendorf, Austria (today, Krnov, Czech Rep.)

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Tiring contractor Leon Rolin Fils.

    Sources: Rudolf Agstner, Laila Serag al-Din

    PAUL CONIN-PASTEUR

    French citizen who headed the Bldgs Department at the ministry of public works.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Bourse Egyptienne

    PAOLO CACCIA DOMINIONI

    Count Paolo Caccia Dominioni ((Nerviano, Lombardia 1896 - Rome 1992)) was the son of Italian diplomat Carlo Dominioni who served in Alexandria and Ports Said before retiring in 1927.
    Dominioni son is best remembered in Egypt for his Italian Mausoleum of Alamein inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's Gugenhiem Museum in New York. Dominioni spent a good part of his professional life in Egypt. Towards the end of his Egypt career he set up office on Soliman Pasha Street's Cinema Metro Bldg together with Victor Salama and Gaston Rossi.
    Dominioni was a nephew of a Cardinal-Secretary to Pope Pius XI. He received a papal title of count. He was also a reserve colonel in the Italian army during the Ethiopia campaign and later in WW2. He married late in his life. On 20 October 2002 at El Alamein, Dominioni's widow received the highest Italian decoration from Italy's president Campi.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: Victor Salama (Paris)

    RAYMOND ANTONIOUS

    Syrian.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources:al-Emara magazine, Mrs. Isabelle Boulad-Kamal Tamraz

    RAOUL BRANDON

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Sources: plaqued (Orosdi-Back)

    RAOUL ZEHERI
    Raoul Zeheri

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Raoul E.Zeheri was indeed one of the most prolific architects and builders in Cairo, having built many private villas and apartment houses throughout Egypt. He was also involved in the Bldg of cement factories and various projects for La Compagnie des Tramways in Cairo. He died in 1975 survived by two daughters one of whom lives in Oak Lane, Texas.

    Zeheri's cloisters in Shubra

    Sources: plaqued and daughter of Arch. Zeheri

    FERDINAND DEBANNE

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    • Virginia Boulad Bldg (b. 1932-3), Corniche El Nil (next to George Wissa Villa), Garden City

    Hisham Mehrez

    ROMOLLO GILARDINI

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    • Ali Sadek Bey Villa now Wafd Party HQ (b. 1930s), Nawal Street, Dokki

    GENNARO SCOGNAMIGLIO

    Born in Naples 13 March 1903 and brought to Egypt in 1910. Studied at Leonardo da Vinci and graduated from Milan's School of Engineering. At age of 15 worked as draftsman for Yorkshire Engineering Company in Cairo. In 1926 joined the firm of Ahmed Aboud Pasha. Built several Bldgs and villas especially in Koubeh Gardens where a street was named after him.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    • A. Monti MD Bldg, Ramses Street

    Sources: Luciano Prinzivalli

    LEON NAFILYAN

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    • (Chaldijian Bldgs (a.k.a. part of Baehler Bldgs) Soliman Pasha Street (b. 1934; see plaque)

    ROBERT WILLIAMS

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    • Davies Bryan Bldg (b. 1911), Mohammed Farid Street at corners Adly and Sarwat Street

    VICTOR DEL BURGO

    Born in Cairo on 27 June 1910 Victor del Burgo died in 1998. He had studied at College des Freres, Khoronfish then with Professor Fritz Popper. Worked with Allgemeine Oesterreichishe Baugesellshaft before joining the Ministry of Public Works.

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    • Cinema Diana (1930), Alfi Street
    • Orouba Villa, Heliopolis
    • Mattossian cigarette factory, Giza
    • Al Ghazzal Mosque in a factory in Mostorod

    ERNEST RICHMOND

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    Nineteen official Public Works Department houses in Zamalek circa 1906-7 (some of those which remained (Ibn Zanki and Shagaret al-Dor Streets) still used today by British Embassy)

    ZULKE

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    • Villa Abdel Baki El Kocheri, Abou El Feda Sreet, Zamalek

    Sources: El Emara Magazine

    ALEXANDRE LORIA

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    • Neo-pharaonic "Chawarbi Bldg" on Ramses Street corner of 26th of July

    MAHMOUD RIAD

    SOME OF HIS WORKS

    • Serageledine-Badrawi Bldg at corner of Shagaret El Dorr and Ibn Zank Streets, Zamalek
    • Arab League Headquarters

    AUGUSTE PERRET

    SOME OF HIS WORKS