Mourad Ben Embarek
{{Short description|Moroccan modernist architect}}
Mourad Ben Embarek ({{Langx|ar|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.{{Cite book |last=Chaouni |first=Aziza |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/703154680 |title=Third world modernism : architecture, development and identity |date=2011 |publisher=Routledge |others=Duanfang Lu |isbn=978-0-203-84099-3 |location=New York, NY |page=73 |chapter=Depoliticizing Group GAMMA: contesting modernism in Morocco |oclc=703154680}}
Life
Mourad Ben Embarek was a member of {{Lang|fr|Groupe des Architectes Modernes Marocains}} (GAMMA).{{Cite news |last=Lange |first=Alexandra |date=2019-10-01 |title=Brutalism Springs Eternal in Morocco |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/arts/design/morocco-thermal-bath.html |access-date=2022-07-18 |issn=0362-4331}}
In 1961, he took over for Abdeslam Faraoui and directed the Service of Urbanism, remaining as director until 1966.{{Cite web |title=Agadir : l’histoire d’une reconstruction - La Vie éco |url=https://www.lavieeco.com/actualite-maroc/agadir-lhistoire-dune-reconstruction/ |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=lavieeco.com/ |language=fr-FR}}{{Citation |last=Hofbauer |first=Lucy |title=Le mouvement moderne marocain à l’épreuve du tourisme (1950-1970) |date=2019-01-15 |url=http://books.openedition.org/cjb/1541 |work=Fabrique du tourisme et expériences patrimoniales au Maghreb, XIXe-XXIe siècles |editor-last=Isnart |editor-first=Cyril |series=Description du Maghreb |place=Maroc |publisher=Centre Jacques-Berque |isbn=979-10-92046-37-3 |access-date=2022-07-19 |editor2-last=Mus-Jelidi |editor2-first=Charlotte |editor3-last=Zytnicki |editor3-first=Colette}}
Notable works
- Technopark, Casablanca
- Terminal 1 of Mohammed V International Airport, Casablanca
- Atlas Tower, Casablanca