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Name
  
Nayyar Dada

Role
  
Architect


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Structures
  
Saudi-Pak Tower, MCB Towers

Awards
  
Lux Style Award for Best Architect

Education
  
National College of Arts

Architecture of Aesthetics and Urbanism (LLF 2013)


Nayyar Ali dada (Urdu: نیر علی دادا‎) (born November 11, 1943) is a Pakistani architect.

Contents

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Early life and education

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Nayyar Ali Dada was born on 11 November 1943 in Delhi, British India. His family migrated to Lahore, Pakistan in the 1950s. After finishing his basic education at the University of Punjab, Lahore in 1957, he enrolled in the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore as a student. In 1964, he graduated from NCA but chose to remain attached with it by working there as a teacher. The principal of NCA Shakir Ali and Dada became friends. According to Overseas Pakistanis Foundation website, "The relationship with Shakir Ali (the principal of NCA) grew, and the two became close friends. As a token of friendship, Nayyar designed Shakir Ali's house in Garden Town, Lahore (now the Shakir Ali Museum)."

Works

Buildings associated with Dada include:

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  • Shakir Ali Museum (Lahore) 1982
  • Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore Bahria Town
  • Grand Jamia Mosque, Karachi Bahria Town
  • Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore in 1981
  • BCCI Bank (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
  • Beaconhouse National University, Tarogil Campus (Lahore)
  • Faisalabad Arts Council
  • Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore)
  • Serena Hotel (Islamabad)
  • Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore (restored)
  • Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
  • Vogue Towers (a shopping mall in Lahore, Pakistan) (2010)
  • Lahore Zoo
  • Quaid-e-Azam Library, (Lahore)

    • Legacy

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  • According to the Illustrated Dictionary of the Muslim World, a GoogleBooks website, "Dada is best known for bringing modern architecture to Pakistan."
  • Dawn (newspaper) calls him, "....one of the celebrated architects..." of Pakistan.

    • Awards and recognition

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  • Pride of Performance Award by the Government of Pakistan in 1992
  • Agha Khan Award for Architecture in 1998

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    References

    Nayyar Ali Dada Wikipedia
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