Farouk El Gohary, an Egyptian Modernist architect and former head of the urban planning department at Ain Shams University, has died aged 83.
The professor died on November 16, 2020, in Cairo, leaving behind a legacy of works that includes one of Abu Dhabi’s most recognisable structures.
Throughout his career as an architecture professor, which spanned more than 50 years, he influenced thousands of students, teaching at the second oldest…