Hassan Fathy

**Hassan Fathy** (Egyptian Arabic: حسن فتحي; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) na he be noted Egyptian architect wey pioneer appropriate technology give building insyd Egypt, especially by he dey work make he reestablish de use of adobe den traditional mud construction as dem oppose to western building designs, material configurations, den lay-outs. Na dem recognize Fathy plus de Aga Khan Chairman's Award for Architecture insyd 1980.

## Ein life matter
Na dem born Hassan Fathy insyd Alexandria to a Middle Class Upper Egyptian family. He study den train as an architect insyd Egypt, wey he graduate insyd 1926 from de King Fuad University (now Cairo University). Fathy marry Aziza Hassanein, sisto of Ahmed Hassanein. Na he be influence by Upper Egyptian den simple rural architecture, he design a villa plus de southern style give ein wifey along de Nile insyd Maadi, wich na dem later destroy make e make way give de new corniche. Na he sanso design ein bro ein mausoleum (1947), along Salah Salem, insyd Neo-Mamluk style.

## Death
Hassan Fathy die of natural causes for November 30, 1989, at ein home insyd Cairo, Egypt.

## Collection
Dem house Hassan Fathy ein entire archive wich dey include ein architectural plans, photographs den documents for de Rare Books and Special Collections Library at de American University insyd Cairo.' De collection dey include around 5000 architectural plans, 15,000 photographs den ein correspondences, writings den oda collected papers den materials.

## Publications
Hassan Fathy get a number of publications. Ein first book ''Architecture for the Poor'' Archived 2022-01-17 at the Wayback Machine na dem initially publish am by de Egyptian Ministry of Culture insyd 1969 under de title *Al-Gurna: A Tale of Two Villages.*

Der sanso be a growing number of books about Hassan Fathy. De list dey include:

* El-Wakil, ''Hassan Fathy dans son temps'', Infolio, 2013   (edited volume)
* El-Wakil, L. 2018. ''Hassan Fathy: an architectural life'' Archived 2022-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. The American University in Cairo Press, New York; Cairo (edited volume)
* Damluji, S. and Bertini, V., 2018. ''Hassan Fathy: Earth & Utopia''. London: Laurence King.
* Dávid, Dóra and Vasáros, Zsolt (2020) *[http://real.mtak.hu/115424/ Publications of the Office of the Hungarian Cultural Counsellor in Cairo 2018-2019]. Current Research of the Hassan Fathy Survey Mission in Egypt.* Project Report. Department of Industrial and Agricultural Building Design and Office of the Hungarian Cultural Counsellor in Cairo, Budapest and Cairo.

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* Abdel-moniem El-Shorbagy, Hassan Fathy: The Power of Belief. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2017.
* Abdel-moniem El-Shorbagy, Hassan Fathy: The Language of Traditional Architecture. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2017.

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## External links
Wikimedia Commons get media wey relate to ******.

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* Digital collection of Hassan Fathy's architectural drawings
* Fathy's the Father of Sustainable Architecture in the Middle East
* Biography and images of Fathy's architecture
* Picture gallery from Hassan Fathy's project "New Baris" in Kharga Oasis, Egypt at Remains.se
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