Architects &
Designers

Aziza Chaouni is an architect and professor at the University of Toronto whose practice bridges preservation, sustainability, and cultural identity.…

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Bill Willis arrived in Marrakech in the 1960s and never left. He developed a maximalist style that fused t…

Elie Azagury was the first Moroccan modernist architect and a pivotal figure in post-independence Moroccan architecture. He led GAMMA (Groupe des Architectes Modernes Marocains) af…

Fatima al-Fihri founded what is recognized by UNESCO and the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest continuously operating university.…

Henri Prost was a French urban planner and architect who won the Grand Prix de Rome. He drew the master plans for multiple Moroccan cities under the direction of Resident-General L…

Jacques Garcia is a French interior designer known for his sumptuous, historically-informed interiors. His work includes the Hôtel Costes in Paris, the Fouquet's restaurant, and nu…

Jacques Majorelle was a French painter who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy under his father, the Art Nouveau furniture maker Louis Majorelle.…

Jean-François Fourtou is a French visual artist known for large-scale sculptural installations that challenge perception and scale.…

Jean-François Zevaco was born in Morocco to French parents and developed an expressive, experimental form of modernism that made him one of the country's most important architects.…

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was among the most influential architects of the 20th century. His five points of architecture and his concept of the machine à ha…

Marius Boyer was the most prolific architect of Casablanca's Art Deco period, designing over 200 buildings in the city alone.…

Michel Pinseau was a French architect who spent much of his career in Morocco and designed the country's most iconic modern building.…

Stuart Church was an American architect and designer who settled in Tangier in 1960 and became one of the last great Orientalists. William S. Burroughs called him "the last of the …

Studio KO was founded in 2000 by Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty. Based between Paris and Marrakech, they practice an architecture of material honesty and contextual sensitivity th…

Tarik Oualalou, with partner Linna Choi, leads OUALALOU+CHOI, a Paris and Casablanca-based practice recognized for work exploring the relationship between architecture, infrastruct…