Shahira Fahmy

Shahira Fahmy
Born	1974
Nationality	Egyptian
Alma mater	Cairo University Harvard Graduate School of Design[1]
Occupation	Architect
Children	Najla Said and Ali Said.
Awards	International Mimar Sinan Prize,[2] Green GOOD DESIGN Award[3] Young Architect Award.[4]
Website	www.sfahmy.com
Practice	Shahira Fahmy Architects

Shahira Fahmy (1974) is an Egyptian architect.^[5][6] She is the founder and principal of Shahira Fahmy Architects (SFA),(2005) in Cairo, Egypt.

She won the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for 2015, and currently a recipient of the Berkman fellowship of Berkman Center for Internet & Society for 2016^[7][8] at Harvard Law School.

Shahira Fahmy is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, GSAPP at Columbia University (since 2014).

In 2005, Fahmy won the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Young Architect Award (2005).^[9] Her company has won international competitions in Switzerland and London.

Early life and education

Fahmy was born in Egypt. She holds a master's degree in Architecture from Cairo University (2004).^[10]

Career

Fahmy was an instructor at Cairo University from 1997 to 2007.

Fahmy has collaborated with other architects,^[11] including working with Legoretta+legorreta, Abdel Halim Ibrahim, and Sasaki on the new campus at American University in Cairo in 2005, with Dar el Handasah on the design of the Ahmed Bahaa El-Din Cultural Center in 2010, and with Bas Princen at the exhibition 'Home in the Arab World' at the 2012 London Architectural Festival.

Fahmy has been a guest speaker at Arkimeet, Istanbul (2010), the Royal Institute of British Architects, London (2011), the Harvard Arab Alumni Association (2011),^[12] American University Beirut (2012), and American University Cairo (2012).^[13]

In 2012, with London-based Delfina Foundation, Fahmy won an architecture competition and as a result worked on the architectural expansion of the Delfina Foundation headquarters near Buckingham Palace in London.,^[14][15] which was completed in 2014.^[16] Fahmy also designed the modern Block 36 in Westown, Cairo.^[17][18]

Fahmy is a board member of the International Community of Red Cross in Egypt. She is a member of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate and the Friends of Ahmed Bahaa El Din Society. She is an associate member of the Society of Egyptian Architects,UIA, National Section, and the Egyptian Earth Construction Association.

Fahmy has participated in various architectural exhibitions, including the Atlas of The Unbuilt World, The Home in the Arab world, Andermatt Swiss Alps AG, Green Good Design Exhibition, CCityscape Abu Dhabi, +20 Egypt Design, Cairo, Egypt, World Architecture Festival, Cityscape Dubai, MIPIM, Traffic, Furnex, LEAF Award, 100% Design/ 100% Futures, Salone Internationale del Mobile Salone Satellite, and*Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Awards

• Fahmy won a Medina Design Excellence Award for her ”Talking Furniture Collection” in 2000. She took first prize in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Architectural Competition for Young Architects in 2005 and Interior Design Magazine Future Furniture Award in 2007. She earned a MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Award for her design of Block 36, Westown, Egypt in 2009 and a World Architecture Community Award and a Green GOOD DESIGN Award for the same design in 2010. She was presented with an ICSC Gold Award for her design of the Designopolis shopping centre in Cairo, Egypt in 2011.

Publications: Books

• BARS! Architectural Hightech Bars & Clubs, Monsa Publications, Spain, 2012.
• Atlas Architectures of the 21st Century - Africa and Middle East, edited by Luis Fernández-Galiano, fundacion BBVA, Spain 2011.
• Winning Shopping Center Designs 35th Edition ICSC VIVA Awards, International Council of Shopping Centers council, 2011.
• Top 50 Beautiful Homes, Design Media Publishing Limited, UK, 2011.
• Atlas of World Interior Design, Braun, Germany, 2010.
• Andrew Martin, Interior Design Review, UK – Vol. 14, 2010 .
• Egyptian Homes, Dar El-Shorouk, Egypt,“Summer Fun”,“Modern Opulence”, “Montazah”, “Place in the Sun”, 2010 .
• The Independent Design Guide, Thames & Hudson, UK, Tik & Tak stools“Furniture/Seating”, 2009 .
• 30*3 -Andrew Martin International Design Award Book, China, 2008 .
• Interior Design Review, Vol. 9,Andrew Martin, UK, “Shahira Hamed Fahmy” 2007.

References

1. Harvard Graduate School of Design - Shahira Fahmy
2. Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul
3. The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum
4. Bibliotheca Alexandrina
5. "Old and new". Construction Week, by Selina Denman Sep 14, 2010
6. "Shahira Fahmy: Mashrabiya magic.". Daily News Egypt (Egypt) June 18, 2010 via Highbeam (subscription required).
7. "Berkman Center Announces 2015-2016 Community". Berkman Center for Internet & Society, July 7, 2015
8. "Shahira H. Fahmy".Berkman Center for Internet & Society, September 2, 2015
9. "Shahira Hamed Fahmy: Reinterpreting Architecture". Arab News, 9 October 2015.
10. "Shahira Fahmy: Designing Dreams". Cairo Scene, Sept 9 2013.
11. "Art show peeks inside homes of the Middle East". The National, Ben East, July 5, 2012.
12. " 15 of the Most Inspirational Egyptian Women Today". Palestine Telegraph March 8, 2015
13. C.V. - Shahira H Fahmy
14. Karen Cilento. ""Delfina Foundation Expansion / Studio Octopi + Shahira Fahmy Architects"." 10 Aug 2012. ArchDaily.
15. "Cairo and London duo to expand Delfina Foundation base near Buckingham Palace ". World Architecture News.
16. "Studio Octopi completes £1.4m Delfina Foundation expansion". Architects Journal, Laura Marks, 3 February 2014.
17. AR The Architectural Review, "View from Cairo", February 2012
18. "5 Egyptian Architects That Have Left Their Footprint". Cairo Scene. March 8, 2015.

External Links

• https://twitter.com/shahirafahmy
• https://www.instagram.com/shahiraf/
• http://www.e-architect.co.uk/architects/shahira-fahmy
• Shahira Fahmy: Mashrabiya magic - Daily News Egypt