Habib Fida Ali

Habib Fida Ali (Urdu: حبیب فدا علی) (born 1935) is one of Pakistan's most prominent architects,^[1][2] working in the modernist tradition.^[3]

Early life

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.^[4]

Career

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

Corporate projects

• Shell House^[5] (Completed in 1976 First Prize in Limited Competition)^[6]
• Commercial Union (Completed in 1992)^[7]
• National Bank Head Office (Renovation)^[8]

Hospitality projects

• MIDWAY HOUSE HOTEL (Completed in 1982^[7] Phase I & 2003 -2006 PhaseII)

Honors and distinctions

• Nominator for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 1986^[9]
• Speaker at the forum 2001 at Sri Lankan Institute of Architects,^[10] Colombo Sri Lanka to speak on his Fair Face Concrete Buildings.
• Karachi conformance of Building & Material Exhibition My Architects – Our Architecture IAPEX 2004^[11]

Professional affiliations

• National Vice President of the Institute of Architects, Pakistan (IAP)^[12]
• Member, Master Jury, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1983^[13]

References

1. Haroon, Hameed; Mariam Ali Baig (2004). Karachi under the Raj, 1843-1947, Volume 4. Pakistan Herald Publications. p. 315. ISBN 978-969-8837-07-5.
2. Khan, Hasan-Uddin (1995). Contemporary Asian architects, Volume 1. Taschen. p. 34. ISBN 978-3-8228-8670-0.
3. Husain, Irfan (1997). Pakistan. Stacey International. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-900988-01-8.
4. "The concrete builder". Dawn. 3 August 2002. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
5. Goode, Patrick; Stanford Anderson; Colin St. John Wilson (2009). The Oxford companion to architecture, Volume 1. Oxford University Press. p. 688. ISBN 978-0-19-860568-3.
6. Siddiqui, Ahmed Husain (1996). Karachi, the pearl of Arabian Sea. Mohammad Husain Academy. OCLC 35990865.
7. Mumtaz, Kamil Khan (1999). Modernity and tradition: contemporary architecture in Pakistan. Oxford University Press. p. xiii. ISBN 978-0-19-577853-3.
8. Riaz, Bashir (2000). Blind justice. Lahore: Fiction House. p. 54. OCLC 45737791.
9. Serageldin, Ismaïl (1989). Space for freedom: the search for architectural excellence in Muslim societies. Aga Khan Award for Architecture. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-408-50049-4.
10. "Annual Sessions of Institute of Architects". The Island. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
11. "Architectural Forum at APEX-2004". Pakistan Press International. 15 December 2004.
12. Reading the contemporary African city. Concept Media for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. 1982. p. vii. OCLC 18988608.
13. Cantacuzino, Sherban (1985). Architecture in continuity: building in the Islamic world today : the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Aperture. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-89381-187-7.

External links

• Official site