Ottoman civil engineer and architect from Mount Lebanon
Youssef Aftimus
Born
(1866-11-25)November 25, 1866
Deir el Qamar, Chouf, Ottoman Empire
Died
(1952-09-10)September 10, 1952
Nationality
Lebanese Ottoman
Occupation
Architect
Spouse
Rose Bechara
Buildings
Beirut City Hall and Hamidiyyeh Clock Tower
Youssef Aftimus (Arabic: يوسف أفتيموس; 25 November 1866 – 10 September 1952) was a Lebanese civil engineer and architect who specialized in Moorish Revival architecture. Aftimus was the leading Lebanese architect and urban planner during the first half of the twentieth century, he is the author of many of Beirut's well known landmarks such as the Beirut Municipality Building, the Grand Serail's Hamidiyyeh clock tower, the Hamidiyyeh Fountain and the Barakat Building.[1][2] Aftimus was also an urban planner, and politician and philanthropist.[3]
^Youssef Aftimus (1866-1952), pioneer in Lebanese Architecture", Al Mouhandess, n11, summer 2000, by Carma Tohme.
^Hanssen, Jens (2005). Fin de siècle Beirut: the making of an Ottoman provincial capital. Oxford: Clarendon Press; Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-928163-3. LCCN 2005296742. OCLC 58829013. Archived from the original on 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
^Atelier de Recherche ALBA (1999). "Youssef Aftimus". ALBA. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
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