Languages: Arabic, English, French, Greek, Italian
Education:
1954-1968 Primary, Preparatory,
Secondary School, Victoria College, Alexandria (Egypt)
1973 B.Sc. of Architecture
Faculty of Engineering
Dept. of Architecture,
University of Alexandria
1985 M.Sc. in Planning
1992 P h.D. (Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture)
Alexandria University / UCL, London
PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM
Architect, Principal of AWAD Associates, Design & Planning Consultants and General Contractors (A family firm in practice since 1911 – 3rd generation), Professional experience as an architect and planner since 1973.
Lecturer and member of the staff at the Dept. of Architecture, Alexandria University, since 1973.
Urban & Architectural Historian specialized in Alexandrian Modern history. Author of several publications on the Alexandrian Built Environment.
Architectural and urban conservationist
Member of the Board of the Archaeological Society of Alexandria.
Founder and Principal of the Alexandria Preservation Trust.
Founding member of the NGO - Friends of the Environment.
Former director of the Alexandria & Mediterranean Research Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Former member of the Architectural Committee of the Supreme Council of Culture.
Former member of the jury of the Alexandria Arts Biennale, 2004.
Former member of the steering committee of the Architectural Biennale of Alexandria, 2005.
Member of the board of the Alexandria Innovation Center.
Member of the board of the Graeco-Roman Museum.
Member of ICOMOS (Mediterranean ICOMOS)
Director of the governorate of Alexandria’s Heritage Conservation Committee.
Director of the board of a charity organization founded and run by the Awad family since 1947, Mobaret Mohamed Awad, in Bacos.
Winner of Hassan Fathi Award for Architecture, 2009.
Former member of the Committee for the Development of Cairo Governorate, 2009.
Consultant for the development of the Egyptian/Japanese Technological University in Borg El-Arab, 2009.
Member of the board of the Center for Hellenistic Studies at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, University of Alexandria and the Vardinoyannis
Foundation since 2006.
Consultant to the Bibliothecca Alexandrina since 2013.
Founder and owner of a permanent exhibition, “Impressions of Alexandria” The Awad Collection at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina since
2002.
“Italian Influence on Alexandria’s Architecture” (1834-1985)
In Environmental Design, Amate Sponde, The Presence of Italy in the Architecture of the Islamic Mediterranean
Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Center Carucci Editore, Rome - VIII the year, no 9-10, 1990.
“Les Métamorphoses d’Alexandrie”
in Le Progrés Egyptien, Numéro Spécial Centenaire, Le Caire, 1993.
“La conservation de l’Alexandrie moderne, examen critique et évaluation”
in Aujourd’hui l’Egypte, N. 37, 12/1996-1/1997.
Alexandria ist als Stadt total “Überstrapaziert”
in Ägypten die Wiege der Götter,
Edition Christian Brandstatter, Vienna, 1998.
“L’Égyptianité des styles”
In Qantara (Institut du monde Arabe), no 27, printemps 1998.
“Building Culture in Cosmopolitan Alexandria: An Interpretation in View of the Italian Contribution”
in L’Orientalisimo, Nell’ Architettura Italiana tra ottocento e novecento, 1999.
Regular contributor in monthly magazine, 1000 Words & Pictures, section on Alexandria.
“The House Revisited, The City Remembered”
in Deus Loci, The Lawrence Durrell Journal, NS7, 1999-2000.
Paolo Girardelli, “Dalla memoria al progetto” Intervista a Mohamed Awad
in Controspazio, Architettura Urbanistica no 5, Settembre/Ottobre 2001.
Contributor to the Final Report of the “Strategic Approach to Egypt’s Cultural Heritage”, July 2001, UNDP , UNESCO and CULTNET publication.
“Urbanisme en héritage”
in Qantara (Institut du monde Arabe), no 43, printemps 2002.
“Reviving the Role of the Master Builder Moalem, in Architectural Education”
in Architectural Education Today, Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Edition Comportements, Lausanne, 2002.
“Victoria College: Meanings in its Architecture”
in Victoria College, A History Revealed
Edited by Sahar Hamouda and Colin Clement, Cairo, 2002.
“Alex-Med, The Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center”
In Observatoire Urbain du Caire Contemporain. Lettre d’information, nº5,
CEDEJ, décembre 2003.
“Le rêve d’une ville cosmopolite”, “Bref retour à Alexandrie”, “La collection Mohamed Awad”
In Les Cahiers Durrelliens, Lawrence Durrell
et Alexandrie. Nº1. Association Lawrence Durrell en Languedoc, 2004.
Editor of Med Cities. The Mediterranean City: dialogue among cultures.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Publications, Alexandria, 2005.
Editor of Patrimoines Partagés en Méditerranée: Eléments clés de la réhabilitation, EuroMed II, Alexandria, 2005.
Co-editor of Omar Toussoun: Prince of Alexandria,
The Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center Monographs, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Publications - Alexandria, 2005.
Co-editor of The Zoghebs: An Alexandrian Saga,
The Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center Monographs, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Publications, Alexandria, 2005.
Co-editor of Voices from Cosmopolitan Alexandria
The Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Publications, Alexandria, 2006.
Co-editor of My Alexandria: Poems and Prose, Desmond O'Grady,
The Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Publications, Alexandria, 2006.
Forword of Alexandria, Tracing the Routes of Memory,
Metropolis of Hellenism, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2007.
Co-editor of The Birth of the Seventh Art in Alexandria The Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Publications - Alexandria, 2007.
Co-editor of The Alexandrian Character in Egyptian Cinema,
Text in Arabic, The Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Publications, Alexandria, 2007.
Co-editor of From Camp-Ceaser to Cleopatra`s Pool: a Swiss Childhood in Alexandria, 2008
Author Italy in Alexandria, an Alexandria Preservation Trust publication, Alexandria, 2008.
Co-author Italian architects and engineers from the 19th to the 20th century, Maschietto Editori, 2008.
Co-author of A Taste of Alexandria: A Cosmopolitan Flavor, Bibliotheca Alexandrina publications, 2009.
Author of Montazah Palaces and Gardens, Bibliotheca Alexandrina publications, 2014.
Contributor The Church of Saint George in old Cairo, edited by George Mylonas – Epitalotos, Greece, 2016.
Contributor - Co-author of Hellenism in Alexandria , The Friends of the Library of Alexandria Bulletin – Athens 2016.
Author Awad Associates – The Saga of an Alexandrian Building Firm, APT 2016.
Contributor of Patrarchate of Alexandria, edited by G. Mylonas, Greece, 2017.
MEDALS AND PRIZES
“Médaille d’honneur de la Société d’Encouragement au progrès”, France, 1996.
Title of “Ambassador of Hellenism”, Athens Municipality, 2003.
Order of Merit, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa, 2009.
Medal of Merit and Excellence in the field of conservation of heritage buildings, from the French organization Vieilles Maisons Françaises, 2008.
Hassan Fathi Award for Architecture, by the Bibliothecca Alexandrina and the Supreme Council of Culture, 2010.
Shield and Medal of Merit of the Egyptian-Greek Friendship Association, 2010.
Knighthood “Cavalieri” from the Italian Government, 2011.
Academy of Athens, Arts Distinction Award, 2013.
Knighthood Order of Officer by the Greek President and the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2015.
Best Practice Award, by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), EGYPT, 2017
Award of Merit for the Restoration of the Margirgis Church & Roman Tower (Saint George Church – old Cairo) by the Engineering News Record (ENR) at their fifth annual Global Best Project Competition, 2017
Also numerous certificates of appreciation and medals of excellence from civil society organizations (Rotary Clubs, Old Victorian Association, The Friends of the Environment Society, the Archaeological Society of Alexandria, the British Council, the Biennial of Mediterranean Arts, Ministry of Culture, Society of Egyptian Architects.
