Nayyar Ali Dada
Nayyar Ali Dada (born November 11, 1943 in Delhi ; Urdu نیر علی دادا) is a Pakistani architect .
Life
Dada was born as Nayyar Ali Zaidi and got his famous last name from an art and drawing teacher. He comes from a Muslim Indian family who emigrated from Delhi to Lahore in the 1950s . There Dada enrolled at the University of the Punjab in 1957 . In 1959 he moved to Pakistan's National College of Arts , which he graduated in 1964, where he started teaching. In 1976 he was made a fellow of the college.
In the early 1970s, Dada opened a small architectural office in Lahore. He gained recognition with the design of the Al-Hamra Arts Complex in Lahore, which was one of the first buildings of modern architecture in Pakistan. He was later commissioned to design the complementary Al-Hamra Open Air Theater .
Awards
- 1989: Building of the Decade Award for the Al-Hamra Open Air Theater
- 1992: President's Pride of Performance Award for services to the architecture and preservation of Pakistan
- 1998: Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Al-Hamra Arts Complex
Works
Dada contributed to the following buildings:
- Al-Hamra Arts Complex (Lahore)
- Al-Hamra Open Air Theater (Lahore)
- Serena Hotel ( Islamabad )
- Saudi Pak Tower (Islamabad)
- Punjab House (Islamabad)
- F9 / Fatima Jinnah Park (Islamabad)
- Expo Center (Lahore)
- Bagh-e-Jinnah (restoration) (Lahore)
- Quaid-e-Azam Library (restoration) (Lahore)
- Habib Bank Provincial Headquarters (Lahore)
- MCB Bank Provincial Headquarters (Lahore)
- EFU Insurance Building (Lahore)
- Gaddafi Cricket Stadium , Lahore (modernization 1995/96)
- Shakir Ali Museum (Lahore)
- Emco Industries Complex (Lahore)
- Building of Habib Bank in Quetta
- Industrial and Agricultural Investment Co-operation Limited (addition / restoration) (Lahore)
- Hotel building for Sheraton , Lahore
- Parliament building of the Republic of Maldives
- The building Bank of Credit and Commerce International in Colombo , Sri Lanka
Web links
- Nayyar Ali Dada. In: arch INFORM .
- Nayyar Ali Dada . In: ArchNet . Retrieved June 20, 2006.
- Personalities (Professional): Nayyar Ali Dada . In: Overseas Pakistanis Foundation . Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2006.
Individual evidence
- ^ Marshall Cavendish Reference: Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World . Marshall Cavendish, September 1, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7614-7929-1 , pp. 93 f. (Retrieved July 5, 2011).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dada, Nayyar Ali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Pakistani architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Delhi |