Renowned Egyptian architect Abdelwahed El-Wakil is the Tamayouz Lifetime Achievement Laureate for 2025, celebrated for the revival of traditional Islamic architecture and heritage-led projects
Words: Jumana Abdel-Razzaq Emerging as a leading authority on contemporary Islamic architecture in the 1970s and 1980s, few architects in the region have had such a profound legacy on the practice than Abdelwahed El-Wakil. As this year’s Tamayouz Lifetime Achievement Laureate, the architect is being recognized for restoring the timeless dignity of traditional form through […]








