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Moroccan modernist architect
Mourad Ben Embarek (
Arabic : مراد بن مبارك ; died 2011) was a Moroccan modernist architect. He was a leader in the
reconstruction of Agadir and published the first post-independence architecture magazine in Morocco:
a+u .
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Life
Mourad Ben Embarek was a member of
Groupe des Architectes Modernes Marocains (GAMMA).
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In 1961, he took over for
Abdeslam Faraoui and directed the Service of Urbanism, remaining as director until 1966.
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Notable works
References
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b Chaouni, Aziza (2011). "Depoliticizing Group GAMMA: contesting modernism in Morocco".
Third world modernism : architecture, development and identity . Duanfang Lu. New York, NY: Routledge. p. 73.
ISBN
978-0-203-84099-3 .
OCLC
703154680 .
^ Lange, Alexandra (2019-10-01).
"Brutalism Springs Eternal in Morocco" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-07-18 .
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"Agadir : l'histoire d'une reconstruction - La Vie éco" . lavieeco.com/ (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-18 .
^ Hofbauer, Lucy (2019-01-15), Isnart, Cyril; Mus-Jelidi, Charlotte; Zytnicki, Colette (eds.),
"Le mouvement moderne marocain à l'épreuve du tourisme (1950-1970)" , Fabrique du tourisme et expériences patrimoniales au Maghreb, XIXe-XXIe siècles , Description du Maghreb, Maroc: Centre Jacques-Berque,
ISBN
979-10-92046-37-3 , retrieved 2022-07-19