Publication | FEBRUARY 2017

"Wadi El Gemal Visitors Center" featured in the February issue of Green building Magazine

We are proud to announce that our project "Wadi El Gemal Visitors Center" was featured in the 45° February issue of Green building Magazine in Taiwan. Have a look!

Publication | 14 FEBRUARY 2016

Article published on Cairobserver after our participation in the Vennice Biennale Competion

The proposal comes in response to 2016 Venice Biennale theme ‘REPORTING FROM THE FRONT’ proposed by Alejandro Aravena, the Director of the Architecture Sector. It explores the rich field of alternative practices recently emerging in Egypt by a wide range of grassroots, initiatives and individual efforts.

Lecture | 02 November 2015

Environmently - Sensitive Construction and Restoration

We were invited by the department of architectural engineering and environmental design at the AAST to talk about: Wadi el gemal visitor's center in Marsa Alam, Egypt and the restoration of Habib Gorgy museum in Harania, Egypt

Publication | December 2011

Atlas: Africa and M. East

This Atlas, devoted to the most recent architecture of Africa and the Middle East, is the third volume in a series of four which develop and update the work published in 2007 by the BBVA Foundation.

Publication | 11 September 2011

Wadi El Gemal Visitor's Center Project got published on Archdaily

Located 50 km. south of the Egyptian Red Sea shore town of Marsa Alam, and an hour flight south east of Cairo, Wadi El Gemal National Park (WGNP) was officially declared in 2003, the 24th protectorate in Egypt primarily due to its striking landscape and important cultural resources. Stretching from the Red Sea coast to about 50 km inland, WGNP includes roughly 4,000 sq. km. of terrestrial habitat, and approximately 1,400 sq. km. of marine life, Roman ruins, significant religious sites, quarries, and indigenous communities.

Award | 29 October 2009

Honory Prize The Hassan Fathy Award For Architecture

The Hassan Fathi Award for Architecture was launched by the BA in collaboration with the Architecture Committee of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Culture in an aim to promote contemporary Egyptian architecture.