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Name
  
Habib Ali


Role
  
Architect

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Education
  
Architectural Association School of Architecture

Awards
  
Lux Style Award for Best Architect

Views of Arch. Adil Kerai, Partner at Habib Fida Ali Architects


Habib Fida Ali (Urdu: حبیب فدا علی) (1935 - January 7, 2017) was one of Pakistan's most prominent architects, working in the modernist tradition.

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Early life

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Fida Ali was born in Karachi and attended St. Patrick's primary school there, before in 1952 becoming a boarder at Aitchison College, Lahore, to take his O and A levels. He then became the first Pakistani student to be admitted to the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, from where he graduated in 1962. He returned to Pakistan in 1963 to join William Perry's architectural practice in Karachi, and established his own practice in 1965.

Career

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Habib Fida Ali has worked on the following buildings and architectural projects.

Corporate projects

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  • Shell House (Completed in 1976 First Prize in Limited Competition)
  • Commercial Union (Completed in 1992)
  • National Bank Head Office (Renovation)

    • Hospitality projects

  • Midway House Hotel (completed in 1982 Phase I & 2003 -2006 PhaseII)

    • Honors and distinctions

  • Nominated for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 1986
  • Speaker at the forum 2001 at Sri Lankan Institute of Architects, Colombo Sri Lanka to speak on his Fair Face Concrete Buildings.
  • Karachi conformance of Building & Material Exhibition My Architects – Our Architecture IAPEX 2004

    • Professional affiliations

  • National Vice President of the Institute of Architects, Pakistan (IAP)
  • Member, Master Jury, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1983

    • Death

    Habib Fida Ali died on January 7, 2017. The cause of death was reported to be brain hemorage.

    References

    Habib Fida Ali Wikipedia
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