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In the early s architect Sayed Karim did not only have his eyes set on oil rich Arab countries where he was receiving numerous orders for new buildings, but.
Sayed Karim did not only have his eyes set on oil rich Arab countries where he was receiving numerous orders for new buildings, but also as..
Sayed Karim
Egyptian architect
Sayed Karim | |
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Born | ()16 February Monufia |
Died | 28 July () (aged94) Cairo |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Almamater | Cairo University, University of Zurich |
Occupation | Architect |
Children | Ibrahim Karim |
Parent | Ibrahim Fahmy Karim |
Practice | Architect, urban planner, writer |
Projects | Nasr City |
Website | Sayed Karim |
Sayed Karim (Also Sayyid Karim.
Arabic: سيد كريم) (born; 16 February , Mit Barrah, Munufia – 28 July , Cairo) was a leading EgyptianModernist architect, who was part of the liberal era's 'pioneer architects'.[1] He was also an urban planner, best known for designing the Nasr City neighbourhood in Cairo, as well as a writer and editor producing the influential architecture magazine Majallat al-'Imarah, and authoring a number of books.
Education and academia
Karim received his Diploma in Architecture from Cairo University in , before leaving for Switzerland where he pursued another