Elie Azagury

إيلي أزاغوري (Known as "Elie Azagury")

First Modern Moroccan Architect, Rebuilder of Agadir

Born 1918

Casablanca, Morocco

Passed Away 2009 Casablanca, Morocco

Lifespan 91 years old

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"Modernity in architecture is not imitation of the foreign, but authentic service to our climate and people."

Archival Overview

Recognized as Morocco's first registered indigenous modern architect, pioneer of post-colonial modernist design who played a leading role in the reconstruction of Agadir following the 1960 earthquake.

Biographical Record

Elie Azagury was born into a Moroccan Jewish family in Casablanca and graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1944. Returning to Morocco, he was the first Moroccan architect to establish an independent practice in the country.

Following the catastrophic 1960 Agadir earthquake, King Mohammed V appointed Azagury to lead the reconstruction of the New Talborjt district. Azagury pioneered a climatically adapted, brutalist yet deeply Moroccan modernist civic architecture, incorporating patios, natural ventilation, and local stone.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Jewish Cemetery of Ben M'sik
Casablanca, Morocco

                         GPS: 33.5654, -7.5754                    

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