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Cairo's belle ï؟½poque 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

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

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 was Dean of the School of Architecture of Cairo University.
SOME OF HIS WORKS

Ali Labib Gabr Bldg, Ibn Zanki Street, Zamalek
Villa Erfan-Liscovitch, Road 85 Maadi
Ali Hussein Bey Ayoub (1940), No. 25 Abu El Feda Street, Zamalek,
Lebanese Embassy in Zamalek (1939) Mansour Mohamed Street,
Yehya Bldg (circa 1951) in Zamalek where composer Abdel Wahab lived
Villa Dr. Mohammed Reda (as of 1949 Indian Embassy residence), Mohammed Mazhar St. Zamalek.
remodelled Villa Murro Pasha on Ibn Zanki Street, Zamalek
Possibly the Giza governorate HQ, Pyramids Road.

Two peculiarities make the Indian Embassy residence on Zamalek's Mohammed Mazhar Street special. Firstly because it was designed in the 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 later 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

By far the most prolific architect of his generation, Antoine Selim Nahas was born in Cairo on 27 August 1901. 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 ever 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

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:

Abdelhamid Bey Kazrouni Bldg, Azhar Street (this was Nahas's first building after graduation)
Aziza Abdelmalek Bldg, Midan Sheraton, Giza
Air India (ex-Soussa Bldg.) Bldg, corner Tahrir Street and Soliman Pasha Al-Chams Bldg, Kasr al-Dubara
Al-Chams Bldg, Mubtadayan
Aziz Abdel-Malek Hanna Bldg, Midan Sheraton, Giza
Aziz Bahari Bldg I & II, Midan al-Tahrir
Aziz Bahari Bldg, Midan Moustafa Kamel ex-Suares
Badrawi Bldg, Bab al-Louk
Belair Bldg
Bissada Bldg (1951)
Borg al-Giza (Abou al-Fotouh) Bldg, Nile Street, Giza
Choucha Bldg, Fouad Avenue
College Des Freres, Daher
Doss Bldg (1935), Soliman Pasha/Fouad Avenue
Farid al-Atrash Bldg, Nile Street, Giza
Francois Tager Bldg, Corniche al-Nil, Kasr al-Dubara
Inji Zadeh Bldg (1938), Ramses Street
LEBON Bldg, Gabalaya Street, Zamalek
Leon Chaldjian Bldg, Bloc A & B, Soliman Pasha & Baehler Streets (with participation of L. Nafilyan)
Mirshak Bldg, Giza
Mirshak Villa, Nile Street, Giza
Mitry Bldgs, 14 & 16 Nabatat Street, Garden City
Naus-Eid Bldg (1938), Kasr al-Nil Street
Nitocrise Bldg
Paul Lifschitz Villa, Midan Mosseri, Maadi
Protestant Church (behind Mogamaa), Kasr al-Dubara
Sabet Bldg, Garden City
Shooting Club, Dokki
Shoucair Bldg, No. 13 Cherif Street
Taleb Bldg, Fouad Avenue
Tawil Bldg
Wahba-Choucha Bldg, Cherif Pasha Street opposite Ex-al-Ahram
Bldg facing Wakf Institution also known as Emaret al-Lewa
Al-Mukawlun Al Arab Bldg on Adly Street

OUTSIDE CAIRO:

Mahalla al-Kobra Factories

LEBANON:

Albert Pharaon Villa -- Alley
Farid Shoucair Villa, Aley 1935
Francis Kettaneh Villa, Aley (with green roof)
Jordan Bank, Rue Picot, Beirut
Lebanese Parliament (possibly in collaboration with architect Mardiros Altounian, executed by Elias al-Murr.
National Museum, Beirut (co-architect Pierre Leprince Ringuet; museum features on Lebanese currency)
Sami Shoucair Bank (never executed)
Sehnaoui Bldg and bank, Kantari Street, Beirut

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

Eugene Nucci (Italian) (Chief Architect)
Guy Marcinhes (Swiss) draftsman)
Kamal Hajjar
Shafik Hosni
Michel Takla
Samir Matar
Mrs. Esther Nahmias (Chief Administrator)

Some of the contractors who executed major projects:

Baron Rolin
Simplex (Freres Hettena)
Al Shark ( Freres Vidon)
Hassan Aboul Fetouh
Guirgossian

Office Employee in Beirut:

Cherif Nassif (architect/designer)

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

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

Asicurazione de Trieste on Kasr El Ni Street

SOME OF HIS WORKS

Adly Yegen aka Sherif Sabri Palace, Garden City (demolished)
modified Asicurazione de Trieste Bldg, Kasr al-Nil Street
Banque Misr, Mohammed Farid Street
Ibrahim Hilmi Palace (now, Part of Ein-Shams University, Abassia
Khedivial Bldgs, Emad al-Din Street
Omar Sultan Palace, Bab al-Louk district (non-extant)
No. 9 Naguib el Rihani Street (1928)
Palais Suares (non-extant)
Said Halim Palace, Maarouf, Cairo (later Nasriya school)
Prince Gamil Toussoun (a.k.a. Princess ss Nimet Kamal al-Din) Palace (Foreign Affairs), Kasr al-Dubara
Youssef Kamal Palace
Mazloum Pasha Palace, No. 13 Mazloum Pasha Street (Villa pulled down in 1935 after serving as a Lycee Francais)
Zafaraan Palace (later Ein-Shams University
altered Hidiva Saray in Bebek, Istanbul
praticipated in construction of Tchibukli near Istanbul

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

Zogheb Villa on Kasr al-Nil Street (with collaboration of Max Herz)
Extension of Rudolf Hospital in Abassia (along with his brother Francesco)

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
- Badrawi Bldgs (Fathi & Mansour) Nos. 4 and 8 Saleh Ayoub Street, Zamalek
- The Albert Harari Bldg at corner of Ibn Zanki and Saleh Ayoub, Zamalek
- Villa Malak el Hefni, Giza
- Badrawi Bldg opposite Zoo on Giza Street
- Villa of Hamed Zaki Pasha, former minister of economy, Heliopolis.
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
- Savoy Chambers off Kasr al-Nil
- Agricultural Bank
- Gresham Insurance Bldgs off Soliman Pasha Square
- Oriental Hall at the American University in Cairo
- Barclays Bank, Mousky
Sources: Twenty Century Impressions of Egypt

ALBERT ZANANIRI
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Auberge des Pyramides, Avenue des Pyramides
- Auberge du Lac Fayoum (Karoun lake; inaugurated by Winston Churchill)
- Dar al-Chifaa Hospital, Abassia
- Dar al-Hilal printing & publishing house (founded by George Zaidan), Lazoghli
- Freda Court, 10 Montaza Street, Zamalek
- Chourbagi textile factories
- Ismail Sidky Pasha Bldg, Maa'had al-Swissri Street (now Aziz Abaza), Zamalek,
- Paul Rostom Bldg, Hadika Street, Garden City
- Sheik Saad al-Abdallah al-Sabbah (Kuwait) Bldg originally Albert Zananiri Bldg. Before it was sold in 1961, 7 Hassan Sabri, Zamalek
- Wadie Saad Bldg, Salah al-Din Street, Zamalek
- Zaidan (Emil & Shoukri) Bldg, Abdel-Khalek Sarwat, Street
- Elie Sednaoui Bldg, 6 Adly Pasha, Street
- Villa Elie Sedanoui, Ruffer Street, Rouchdi Pasha, Alexandria
- Zaidan (Emil & Shoukri) Bldg, Midan al-Tahrir
- Zananiri (a.k.a. Lappas) Bldg, No. 2 al-Selouli Street, Giza
LEBANON & EUROPE
- Grand Sï؟½minaire of the Greek Catholic "Melkite" Church, Lebanon
- Greek Catholic Patriarchate in Abra, Tripoli, Lebanon
- Michel Farah villa, Jounieh, Lebanon
- Episcopal College "Khalil Moutran", Baalbek, Lebanon
- 1020 Via Cassia, Rome
- Immeuble Commerciale, Rue du Rhone, Geneva
- Etangs du Corot, Les Yvelines, Paris
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 Debannï؟½.

CEORGES CALLIGOPOULO
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Evangel Avramoussi Bldg, No. 9 al-Kamel Mohammed Street, Zamalek
- El Sayed Mohammed Bldg, Wabour Fransawi Street
CHARLES HABIB AYROUT

SOME OF HIS WORKS
- ?? Bldg, 26th July/Hassan Sabri, Zamalek
- ?? Bldg, Bab al-Louk
- Ayrout Bldg, Cherif Pasha Street
- Bldg Shawarby Street
- Ayrout Villa, Zamalek
- Mosseri Buidling (now Mofti) on Shagaret Al Durr St., Zamalek
- Bishara Bldg, Nile Avenue
- Halim Doss Bldg, Midan Shafakhana
- Ibrahimieh Secondary School, Garden City
- Kahil Bldg, Kantaret al-Dikka
- Bldg Gamal el Dine Abou El Mahassen, Garden City (1951)
- Villa Valadji, Heliopolis
DIMITRIUS FABRICIUS PASHA

Died on 3 March 1907 at his house in Boulac. Occupied post of director of khedivial palaces.
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- major restorations to Abdeen Palace follwoing the major fire of 1891
- Montazah Palace 'Salamlik'
- 1903 National Bank of Egypt HQ on Cherif Pasha Street (extant)
- modifications to Abdeen Palace
- Savoy Hotel (extant)
- Agricultural Bank (extant)
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
- Chaar Hashamayim Synagogue (b. 1902-4), Adly Street
- Suares/Casdagli Villa, Midan Kasr al-Dubara
- Mosseri Villa, Soliman Pasha Street (demolished)
- Matasek Villa, Maadi (demolished)
- Robert Rolo Villa, Kasr al-Dubara (burnt down)
- Austro-Hungarian Hospital in Shubra
- Saleh Sabet Villa (?)
- Ahmed Khairy Villa, (AUC??)
- Hassan Khairy Villa (?)
- Saleh Sabet Villa (?)
- Immeubles for the Societe Belge de l'Ezbekieh Co., Emad al-Din
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
- Heliopolis Palace Hotel, (now Presidential Palace--Kasr al-Orouba)Heliopolis.
- Offices of Heliopolis company, Heliopolis
- Gezira Mansions ("Imaret al-Yemeni") (circa 1908), Zamalek
Contractors: Leon Rolin & Padova; Ferro & Dentamaro

ERNESTO VERRUCCI BEY

SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Abdin Palace additions between 1919-36
- Governorate of Cairo Bldgs, Abdin
- Kobbeh Palace facade
- Montaza Palace Haramlik (Alexandria)
- Music/Puppet Theatre b. 1929), Ramses Street
- Tomb of Walda Sultana in Rifai Mosque
Sources: Luciano Prinzivalli, Italy; al-Emara Magazine. MORE

FRANCESCO BATIGELLI
Born in Trieste
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Alleged to have participated in construction of the Old Shepheards Hotel
Sources: Rudolf Agstner

FRIEDRICH SCHOEN
Born in Lovasbereny, Hungary, 17 August 1857 died (Lithuania?) in 1941.
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Stein Department Store Bldg off Midan Attaba al-Khadra
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
- Cassab Bldg (1925), 14 Saray al-Kobra, Garden City
- Credit Foncier Egyptien Villa now Mubarak Public Library (b. early 1930s), Giza
- Emile Jacob Villa (b. 1935), Kasr al-Aali (Corniche), Garden City
- French Embassy chancery (b. 1936-7), Giza (with collaboration of Jacques Hardy)
- Martatos Bldg (b. 1914), 6 Walda Pasha, Garden City
- Sednaoui, Elias Villa (b. 1919) 13 Ahmed Pasha Street, Garden City
- Sednaoui, Joseph Simon Villa (b. 1914), 13 Tolombat Street, Garden City
- Sednaoui department store, Midan Khazindar
- Setton (or Sabet) Bldg, No. 2 Ismail Pasha Street (b. 1929), Garden City
- The two Setton (or Sabet) Bldgs, No. 3 Midan Ismail Pasha (b. 1929), Garden City
- Manasterly Bldg No. 2 Ahmad Pasha Street (b. 1923), Garden City
- Hassan Shahin Pasha Bldg "Nile View" (b. 1930s) No. 18 Saray al-Gezira Street, Zamalek
- Shahin (Negm al-Din) Bldg, Hoda Sha'raawy Street
- National Insurance Bldg, Midan Moustafa Kamel (ex-Suares), Cairo
- Union Vie de Paris Bldg, Avenue Fouad
- Bldg. at corner of Emad el Din, Alfy, Saray el Azbakia and Bustan el Dikka Streets
Sources: Some Bldgs are plaqued; Kamal Tamraz

GUISEPPE MAZZA
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Groppi's Bldg, Midan Soliman Pasha
- Elhamy Hussein Bldgs (b. 1938), Garden City
- Sednaoui Bldg (circa 1929), Midan Soliman Pasha
- Airways (BOAC) Bldg (circa 1930), Midan Tahrir
- Apartment Bldg near Banque du Caire(circa 1930), Adly Street
- Gobran Apartment Bldg, Ibrahim Naguib Street (corner Saraya al-Kobra Street), Garden City
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
- Amr Ibrahim Villa (b. 1922), 16 Gezira Street, Zamalek
- Chemla Department Store, Fouad Avenue, Cairo
- Cicurel Department Store (original), Fouad Avenue, Cairo
- M. Green Bldg (b. 1910), Avenue Fouad/Midan Tewfikia
- Matossian Bldg (b. 1904), 4 Talaat Harb, Cairo (neo-baroque)
- Shakkal (name given to bldg with shop bearing same name), Talaat Harb Street
- Philipossian Villa, Heliopolis
- Bassna Sha'raawi/Mahmoud Sami Pasha Villa, 12 Tolombat Street, Garden City
- Union Bldg (with participation of Max Edrei) in Zamalek (Bldg. contractor Shaker Arida)
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
- Cinema Metro in Cairo and Alexandria
- Cinema Kasr al-Nil, Kasr al-Nil Street
- Kom-Ombo Mosque, Kom-Ombo
- Hotel Continental & Galleries, Opera Square
- Chester Beaty Villa, Pyramids Avenue
- Hanan Villa, Zamalek
- Victor Salama Villa, Dokki
- Cerva Factory, Heliopolis
- S.E.P. Offices in Dokki
- Immobilia Buidling (With Max Edrei), Cherif Street, Cairo
- Automobile Club, Kasr al-Nil Street
- Elie Mosseri Mausoleum in Bassatine
- Bajocchi (Albert) Villa, Road 17, Maadi
Sources: Victor Salama, Vera Rabinovitch-Bajocchi

GEORGE PHILIPOUS

SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Philipous Bldg, Mahmoud Azmy, Zamalek
HENRI FRESCO
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Lebovitch Villa, Road 81, Maadi
- Philippe Drakidis Bldg, Midan Ismail Sidky, Zamalek
- Emmanuel Appel Bldg, Tantah Street, Heliopolis
- Bldg at No. 18 Aziz Osman, Zamalek
- Bldg at No. 36 Mansour Mohammed, Zamalek
- Bldg No. 20 Gezira Street, Zamalek
- Embassy Court, Gabalaya Street, Zamalek
HENRY GORRA
Architect of Victoria College Alexandria.
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- ITALO-EGYPTIAN Bank, Kasr al-Nil Street
- Zogheb Bldg (b. 1903) on Opera Square (corner of Kasr al-Nil and Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha Streets.
JOSEPH URBAN
Born in Vienna 26 May 1872 died in New York 10 July 1933
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Abdin Palace extensions in 1892
Sources: Rudolf Agstner

DOMENICO LIMONGELLI
Born in 1880.
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- French Embassy Residence (formerly Villa Sinot Hanna), Giza
- Wassef Boutros-Ghali Pasha Villa, Giza (non-extant)
- Bldg on Kasr el Nil Street atop Cinema Kasr el Nil
- Limongelli Bldg, No. 4 Hod al-Laban, Garden City
- Sobhani Villa (replaced by Giza Sheraton)
- Sacred Hearts Church (1930) on Abdel Khalek Sarwat Street (corner Ramses Street)
- Salesian Institute at Rod al-Farag
- Villa Philomene
- Villa Mohammed Ali Tewfik Pasha (later Villa Achilles Henon Pasha) today Helwan University Music Academy on Shagaret el Dorr Street, Zamalek
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
- Villa Mahmoud (now Russian Embassy) Midan Sidky, Zamalek
- Villa Sabet on Maadi's Road 9 where it intersects Road 83
Sources: Omniya 'Bobby' Foda (Mrs. Hassan Mahmoud); Rudolf Agstner

MARCEL DOURGNON

SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Egyptian Museum (1902)
Contractors: Guissepe Garozzo & Francesco Zaffrani

MAX EDREI
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Cinema Radio (with participation of Garo Balyan), Soliman Pasha Street
- Union Bldg in Zamalek (with participation of Garo Balyan). Bldg contractor Shaker Arida.
- Ernest & Grace Wissa Bldg, Adil Abou Bakr Street, Zamalek
- Green Villa
- Karkegi Bldg, (Tunis Embassy), Saray al-Gezira Street, Zamalek
- Immobilia Bldg, Cherif Pasha/Kasr al-Nil Street
- Justice Palace, Fouad Avenue
- Chaker Khayatt Bldg (1938), Adil Abou Bakr Street, Zamalek
- Hettena Bldgs, Abdel Khalek Sarwat Street (ex-Queen Farida; Manakh)
- Mohammed Shahine Pasha Bldg, Sheik Hamza Street, Cairo
- F. Nahas vaults in Melchite Cemetery, Old Cairo (with collaboration of J. Hardy and Leon Azema)
- Villa Rolo (Goethe Institute), Alexandria (1926)
- Contractors: M. Gargour
Sources: al-Emara magazine, Victor Salama (Paris), Max Karkegi, (Vitres-Bourgogne, 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
- Cairo Islamic Museum (1903) Note: this Bldg is also attributed to Alfonso Manescalo in the book Early 20th Century Architecture in Cairo by Sakr
- Rifai Mosque (expansion works) 1906-11
- Zogheb Villa aka Danish Legation
- Herz Villa, Sheik Barakat Street, Kasr al-Dubara
- Credit Foncier Egyptien Bank (designed by Carlo Francolini), Abdel Khalek Sarwat
- Nestor Ginaclis Palace (decoration works), Midan Khedive Ismail (later Tahrir)
- Egyptian pavilion at Chicago exhibition --theme: Cairo streetscape.
Sources: Rudolf Agstner

MICHEL LIBERMANN

SOME OF HIS WORKS
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.
- Semi-circular redbrick Bldg on Moustafa Kamel Square (sourc: George Khory-Haddad)
- Villa Bindari (1925), Nile Street, Giza, next to "Villa Castro" occupied by late president Anwar al-Sadat)
- Former Brazil Embassy residence, Nile Street (corner of Sobhi Pasha) Street, Giza
- Villa Sarruf-Shoucair (1925), Ahmed Pasha Street, Garden City (now home of Citibank)
- Apartment Bldg No. 5 Taha Hussein Street, Zamalek, for account of Libermann's brother in law Mr. Silvio Matattia. The Bldg is presently owned by Aleya el Ayouti. No. 5 is also Libermann's last known address in Egypt.
- Villa Alaili, No. 10 Taha Hussein Street, Zamalek (presently owned by US Embassy; residence of DCM.
- Bldg No. 5 Mahkamma/Privat (later Mohammed Saqib Pasha) Street. "Lozi Bldg" (a.k.a "Immeuble Henon") presently (year 2000) up for sale by its owners the Henon sisters: Marie-Louise and Christiane, the French granddaughters of Caisse de la Dette's Monsieur Achilles Adrien Henon Pasha.
- Villa Khalifa (1924) No. 15 Brazil Street (now Embassy of Bahrain) built for Mahmoud Khalifa
- Villa now occupied by Ministry of Culture on Shagaret el Dorr Street, Zamalek
Sources: plaqued; Ibrahim Mahmoud Khalifa; George Khoury-Haddad

MAX ZOLLIKOFER

SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Central Bank of Egypt with participation of J.p. Sergeant
- La Genevoise, 26th of July Street
MAURICE "MOISE" MENASCHE

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
- No. 12 Tewfik Street, Heliopolis for account of Emilie Kamel Toueg
- Villa of widow N. Abou-Heif in Cairo (1935/36) (contractor Moh. Hassan Allam).
- Villa of Leon Regenstreif (driector of Davidson & Regenstreif) in Giza in 1931.
- Villa of Mrs. Soumaya Farid on Massoud Street, Dokki (1938)
- Villa of Mohammed Atta Moustafa Bey, Massoud Street, Dokki (1936)
- Villa of "Lewa" Mohammed Hafez Atta Pasha, No. 29 al-Kalaa Street, Heliopolis
- Bldg of Ahmed Saleh Abdullah on Fawzi al-Motei Street, Heliopolis (1935)
Sources: Jacques Menasche

MOUSTAFA FAHMY PASHA

Chief Architect, Ministry of Public Works, last two decades of monarchy.

at work on a new mosque
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Cairo University
- Numerous Primary & Secondary Schools (e.g. school on the Corniche in Old Cairo)
- Mausoleum of Prime Minister Saad Zaghloul
- Mausoleum of Prime Minister Adly Yeken Pasha
- Mausoleum of Prime Minister Ismail Sidki Pasha
- Mausoleum of Prime Minister Mohammed Mahmoud Pasha
- Mausoleum of Minister Aziz Izzet Pasha
- Mausoleum of Senator Ali Shaarawi Pasha
- Church and mausoleum of Minister Naguib Mahfouz Pasha
- Medical Society "Dar Al Hikma" Headquarters on Kasr Al Aini Street
- Engineering & Architectural Society Bldg on Ramses Street
- Young Muslim Association Bldg
- Benevolent Muslim Society Hospital
- Egyptian Women Union Bldg on Kasr Al Aini Street
- Agouza Hospital
- Bridge at Montazah Palace in Alexandria
- Exhibition Bldgs (Grand & Petit Palais) in Exhibition Grounds, Zamalek
- Residence of Dr. Naguib Mahfouz Pasha, Garden City
- Mansion of Justice Minister Mahmoud Ghaleb Pasha, Pyramids Road
- His own villa, No. 1 Saiid Zulfikar Street, Manial Al Rhoda.
- Numerous villas and apartment blocs
- Manufacturing plant at Ghamrah for account of United Yeast Co. LTD., Manchester
- Annexes of Haram Al Sharif, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Three royal Palaces in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Villas of Cherif Sabry Pasha in Alexandria (English countryside style).
  Positions Held
- Chief Architect of Royal Palaces 1930-52
- Director General of the State Bldgs Department 1926-39
- Director General of Cairo Town Service 1939-45
- Director General of Alexandria Municipality 1945-49
- Minister of Public Works 1949-50
- Director General of Cairo Municipality 1950-52 Decorations Received
- Title of pasha in 1946
- Grand Officer of the Cordon of the Nile
- Commander of the Legion d'honneur, France
- Grand Officer of the Order of the King of Greece
- Grand Officer of the Order of the King of Albania
- Grand Officer of the Order of Humayun, Iran
- Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy
Sources: groundbreaking plaques; Moustafa Fahmi Pasha family

N. CATACOUZINOS

SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Sarpakis Bldgs, Midan al-Tahrir (ex-Ismail)
- Georgalas Frï؟½res Bldgs, Madbouli Street
Sources: Plaques

MARIO ROSSI

SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Assem Villa, Zamalek
- Atta Afifi Villa, Giza
- Bahy al-Din Barakat Villa, Giza
- Ganage "Gabalaya" Bldg (b. 1920s), Hassan Sabri Street
- Gaston Weiser Bldg, Souk al-Tewfikieh Street
- George Wissa Villa (b. 1920s), Garden City
- Omar Makram Mosque
- Zamalek Mosque near Zamalek Bridge
Sources: Andre Weiser (New York), Ahmed Sidky and others.

NAOUM CHEBIB
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.
His 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.
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.
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
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
- Abdel Aziz Kaboudan Bldgs, Maadi
- Sapriel Bldg (b. 1930), 18 Dar al-Chefa, Garden City
Sources: plaqued

MARCO OLIVETTI
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Youssef Cattaui Pasha (b. 1922), Garden City
- Nessim Ades Villa (b. 1925), Garden City
- Taverna-Bertolissi Bldg., Soliman Pasha Street, Cairo
- Tewfikieh Mosque (near Kafr al-Zayatt) built for account of Abdallah Izzet.
- National Bank of Egypt - Hamzawi Branch, Mouski
- Homsy Bldg (b. 1925), Souk al-Tewfikia
Sources: Denise Selim Amoun, Luciano Prinzivalli

OSCAR HOROWITZ
Born 3 October 1881 in Jagendorf, Austria (today, Krnov, Czech Rep.)
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Tiring Department Store (b. 1911-13), Attaba
- Ali Ibrahim Pasha (MD) Villa (b. 1920s), Tolombat Street, Garden City
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
- French Consulate 'Maison de France' Cairo (b. 1925)
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
- Cinema Metro, Soliman Pasha Street
- Villa Gabriel Takla,Tombak Street, Garden City
- Villa Bacos, Abou al-Feda, Zamalek
- Villa al-Salama, 12 Ahmed Hishmat Street, Zamalek (demolished)
- Technical Communal School, Champolion Street
- Surgery section of Italian Hospital, Abbassia
- Embassy of Italy, Ankara, Turkey
- Italian memorial in Alamein
Sources: Victor Salama (Paris)

RAYMOND ANTONIOUS
Syrian.
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Ahmed Hamdi Villa, (b. 1939), Giza
- Anderson Villa, Giza
- Cassab Villa, Giza
- Elias Ghadban Bldg, 11 Nabatat Street, Garden City (assisted by arch. Aklimandos)
- Elie Curiel Bldg (sold in 1949 to Dr. Mohammed Reda), 15 Nabatat, Garden City
- Debane Villa, Heliopolis
- Emil Kahil Villa, Heliopolis
- Farid Saad Bldg, Misr Street, Heliopolis
- Hatwell Villa, Heliopolis
- Khouri Bldg, Maarouf
- Tamraz (Edouard) Bldg, No. 20 Saray al-Gezira, Zamalek
- Tamraz (Edouard) Villa, No. 5 Mohammed Mazhar, Zamalek (replaced with Berzi Bldg in 1980s).
Sources:al-Emara magazine, Mrs. Isabelle Boulad-Kamal Tamraz

RAOUL BRANDON
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Orosdi-Back department store, Abdelaziz Street,Cairo
- Villa Hug, Maa'had al-Swissry Street, Zamalek
Sources: plaqued (Orosdi-Back)

RAOUL ZEHERI
SOME OF HIS WORKS
- Apartment Bldg No. 2 (b. 1934) Tolombat Street, Garden City
- Cloister and Sanctuary of Ste. Therese de l'Enfant Jesus at Choubrah for the Rev. Peres Carmes Dechausses in 1949
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.

Sources: plaqued and daughter of Arch. Zeheri

FERDINAND DEBANNE
SOME OF HIS WORKS
Hisham Mehrez

ROMOLLO GILARDINI
SOME OF HIS WORKS
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
Sources: Luciano Prinzivalli

LEON NAFILYAN
SOME OF HIS WORKS
ROBERT WILLIAMS
SOME OF HIS WORKS
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
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)
Read AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

ZULKE
SOME OF HIS WORKS
Sources: El Emara Magazine

ALEXANDRE LORIA
SOME OF HIS WORKS
MAHMOUD RIAD
SOME OF HIS WORKS
AUGUSTE PERRET
SOME OF HIS WORKS

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