Jean-François Zevaco

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. His Brutalist and structurally daring buildings pushed the boundaries of what Moroccan architecture could be.

Morocco Connection

Zevaco's Sidi Harazem Thermal Bath Complex (1958) is one of the twelve recipients of the Getty Foundation's Keeping It Modern grants, recognizing its global significance. His schools — the Théophile Gautier School and Tit Mellil Rehabilitation Center — pioneered Brutalist education architecture in Morocco. The Vincent Timsit Workshops showcase his structural experimentation. Zevaco practiced across the colonial and independence periods, developing a distinctly Moroccan modernism that owed as much to the landscape as to Le Corbusier.

Key Works

Sidi Harazem Thermal Spa (1958), Théophile Gautier School, Tit Mellil Center (all Morocco)