Water Company Building

Alexandria, Egypt

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

The Water Company Building in Alexandria, Egypt, completed in 1925, is a neoclassical administrative structure designed by architects Y. Yatrou and P. Gripari. Built during a period of modernization in Egypt's major port city, the building exemplifies the neoclassical style that dominated institutional architecture of the early twentieth century, reflecting both European influence and the aspirations of Alexandria's cosmopolitan character.