Nourhan Adel
Architect specialising in sustainable design
Based in
Alexandria, EgyptAbout
I'm an architect from Alexandria. I design homes and buildings that respect the place they stand in — its sun, its wind and the crafts of the people who live there.
I started out on construction drawings and building sites, where I learned that a beautiful idea is worth little if it isn't built well. Today I run a small studio working on homes and hospitality projects from the North Coast to Aswan, and natural cooling and low energy use come first in every design.
(This is a demo site on Ta3reefy — the person and details are fictional.)
Experience
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2021 Present
Founder & Principal Architect
Nourhan Adel Architects
We have designed 25+ projects — private homes, guesthouses and school buildings — mostly in Alexandria, the North Coast and Aswan.
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2016 2021
Senior Architect
Mediterranean Engineering Consultants
Led the construction-drawings team for housing compounds and schools, and supervised the work on site.
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2014 2016
Site Engineer
Al-Thaghr Contracting
Supervised housing projects in east Alexandria and learned how drawings turn into buildings.
Education
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2017 2019
MSc Environmental Architecture
Alexandria University
Thesis on natural ventilation and cooling in Nubian houses, and what they can teach us today.
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2009 2014
BSc Architectural Engineering
Alexandria University
Skills
- Architectural design
- Sustainable design
- Passive cooling & ventilation
- Heritage restoration
- Construction drawings
- Revit
- AutoCAD
- Rhino
- Architectural visualisation
- Site supervision
My work
A Nubian guesthouse in Gharb Soheil
We turned an old family house on the Nile into an eight-room guesthouse without losing its soul. We kept the mud-brick domes and vaults and... Read more
Homes on the Mahmoudiya waterfront
Our entry to an architecture competition for mid-income housing along the Mahmoudiya Canal. We designed a curved building that follows the l... Read moreGet in touch