Abdel-Moniem Mustafa

Abdel-Moneim Mustafa (b. 1930, Omdurman) is a Sudanese architect, and lecturer who is considered one of the pioneers of Modernist architecture in his country, as well as one of its "most admired architects." Mustafa, who was trained in England, Australia and the Netherlands in the 1950s and 60s during the 'Golden era' of Modern architecture in the West, returned to Sudan after its independence from Anglo-Egyptian rule, and introduced architecture as something different from civil engineering.Osman, O. S., Osman, A. O. S., & Bahreldin, I. Z. (2011). Architecture in Sudan: The Post–Independence Era (1956-1970). Focus on the Work of Abdel Moneim Mustafa. Docomomo Journal, (44), 77–80. https://doi.org/10.52200/44.A.DQKNX1LV In a career that spanned more than 60 years, Mustafa produced a number of landmark buildings in Sudan.
==Early life and education==
Mustafa first studied engineering at the University of Khartoum, which did not yet have an architecture department. During that time he received a fellowship to study architecture at the University of Leicester in the UK, where he graduated in the early 1960s. Abdel Moneim Mustafa obtained a Master's degree from Australia in the mid 1960s, and then a higher diploma from the Netherlands. 
In 1964 Mustafa joined the Department of Architecture at the University of Khartoum, and was the first Sudanese lecturer there after Sudan's independence in 1956. He later became department head between 1972 — 74. During that time Mustafa published a number of scientific papers that discussed various topics. Topics such as type of housing units in Sudan, analysis of real estate trusts and finally he discussed the effect of transportation on the cost of building materials and construction. 
==Architectural practice==
Mustafa joined the Ministry of Public Works in 1963, and at the same time established his private practice, Technocon. He designed a range of building types including administrative, educational, industrial, recreational and residential buildings. His creativity and radical thinking can be considered as the main reasons for the architectural development Sudan witnessed in the 1960s and continue to experience till today .
At the beginning of his career Mustafa was considered radical because he came back to Sudan with different way of thinking. This could be due to his educational background that celebrated modern architecture at that time, designing buildings that are constructed from new materials that need new technological advances for construction. Accordingly, his architecture was highly questioned due to his modernistic style, although the buildings were described as creative and defying the norms of that time.
====Significant works====
*Khartoum Villa, Khartoum. 
*Nifidi and Malik Mixed Use Developments, Khartoum.
*University of Khartoum, Department of Biochemistry and Structures Laboratory, Khartoum, 1967.
*El Turabi School, Blue Nile Province, 1967.
*El Ikhwa Building, Khartoum, 1970.
*Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) Headquarters, Khartoum, 1980.
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Category:People from Omdurman
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Category:Sudanese people
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