ARCHITECTS OF

PAKISTAN
GROUP MEMBERS
 SAMEEN SAJID (2016-AR-004)
 FATIMA IMRAN (2016-AR-038)
 FAYSAL REHMAN (2016-AR-035)
 SAEED ASLAM (2016-AR-031)
ARCHITECTS

MINOO PHIROZSHAH AZAD HASAN SHAHID MUKHTAR TARIQ A.

MISTRI THARIANI ABDULLAH HUSAIN QAISER
(1912-2006) (1940-2009) (1947) (1950) (1961)
MINOO PHIROZSHAH MISTRI

“Good architecture is not produced by trying to speak loudly or by expressing what

one wants to without considering or respecting the surrounding landscape and the
built environment.”

INTRODUCTION

 BORN IN 1912, BOMBAY, INDIA

 DIPLOMA – J.J SCHOOL OF ARTS, MUMBAI
 STARTED PRACTICING IN INDIA AND FROM 1943 IN PAISTAN
 DESIGNED MANY BUILDINGS NOT ONLY IN PAKISTAN BUT ALSO IN BANGLADESH
 FOUNDING MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF ARCHTECTURE, KARACHI
 PART OF TEACHING FACULTY AT GOVT. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, KARACHI
 FOUNDING MEMBER OF INSTITUTE OF ARCHIECTS PAKISTAN (IAP)
 SERVED AS IAP’S PRESIDENT FIVE TIMES
 BLENDED DIFFERENT STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE AS REQUIRED BY THE PROJECT
 DIED IN 2006
 INFLUENCE – FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
DESIGN PHILOSPHY

“I do not believe in fashion. A building has to be functional-it must

work and must respect the surrounding.”

 HE WAS A DEDICATED ADVOCATE OF FUNCTIONALITY

 HE BELIEVE THAT AN ARCHITECT SHOULD GIVE DUE REGARD TO THE BUILT BVS SCHOOL ADDITION,KARACHI
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH HE WAS DESIGNING

PROJECTS

 BVS SCHOOL ADDITION,KARACHI

 PARSI FIRE TEMPLE RECONSTRUCTION, KARACHI TEEN TALWAR MONUMENT, KARACHI
 ANZ GRINDLAYS BANK, KARACHI
 TEEN TALWAR MONUMENT, KARACHI
 POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, KARACHI
 PROTESTANT CHURCH, HYDERABAD

PARSI FIRE TEMPLE ANZ GRINDLAYS BANK,` KARACHI

RECONSTRUCTION, KARACHI
TEEN TALWAR MONUMENT. KARACHI :

 SIMPLICITY IN DESIGN
 DEPICTING QUAID-E-AZAM’S MOTTO OF NATION BUILDING
 WORDS OF MR. JINNAH’S MOTTO “UNITY, FAITH, DISCIPLINE” ARE
INSCRIBED ON THE THREE SWORDS
 MATERIAL – WHITE MARBLE

PARSI FIRE TEMPLE RECOSTRUCTION,

KARACHI :

 ONE OF THE OLDEST TEMPLE OF THE CITY

 INSPIRED BY IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE
 IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE – GEOMETRIC AND REPETITVE FORMS,
RICHLY DECORATED, FLORAL MOTIFS
 ADORNED WITH ENGRAVINGS OF FARAVAHAR (A FIGURE
REPRESENTING ZOROASTRIANISM)
AZAD HASAN THARIANI

“There is no conflict between the need of providing architectural

solutions using contemporary technology and respecting traditional
values.”

INTRODUCTION

 BORN IN 1940
 DIPLOMA IN ARCHITECTURE FROM PAKISTAN – GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF
ARCHITECTURE
 DIPLOMA IN ARCHITECTURE FROM UK – COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS,
BIRMINGHIM
 JOINED THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS (RIBA)
 1972 – WORKED AS CHIEF REPRESENTATVE IN UK FIRM OF ARCHITECTS, NIGERIA
 1978 – RETURNED TO KARACHI AND JOINED HIS FATHER’S FIRM
 PART OF TEACHING FACULTY AT DAWOOD SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
 DIED IN 2009
 INFLUENCES – SIR DENYS LASDUN, SIR ROBERT MATHEW, JAEN DREW, MAXWELL FRY
DESIGN PHILOSPHY

“My best projects have been those where we had a very strict and limited budget, where every rupee spent had to be
justified by needs, and where complex technical requirements had to be integrated into a physical structure.”

 HE BELIEVED THAT DESIGN SHOULD BE FUNCTIONAL AND

ECONOMICAL
 “FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION” HAD BEEN THE DICTUM
THROUGHOUT HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER

PROJECTS
ROCHE PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT,
KARACHI
 BALOCHISTAN TIMES PRESS BUILDING, ISLAMABAD
 WELLCOME WAREHOUSE AND OFFICES, LAHORE
 ROCHE PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT, KARACHI
 SEARLE PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT, KARACHI
 SQUIBBS PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT, KARACHI
 UPJOHN PHARMACEUTICAL FACILITY, ISLAMABAD
HABIB BANK BUILDING,
 HABIB BANK BUILDING, LYALLPUR LYALLPUR
 UNIVERSITY OF BALOSCHISTAN, QUETTA
UNIVERSITY OF BALOSCHISTAN,
QUETTA
ROCHE PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT, KARACHI :

 SENSIBLE AND FUNCTIONAL ELEVATIONAL

 INDEPENDENT MASSING
 SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE
 CANTILEVER STRUCTURE SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS

BALOCHISTAN UNIVERSITY, QUETTA :

 USE OF VAULTS
 LESS ORNAMENTED DESIGN
 SOLID AND VOID COMBINATION
 COMBINATION OF MODERN AND TRADITIONAL
STYLE
SHAHID ABDULLAH
“ Every spaces should be designed for a hundred years. It should be
constructed in such a manner that it does not deteriorate with time, it
should remain forever fresh and never go out of style.”

INTRODUCTION
 BORN IN 1947, KARACHI
 SCHOOLING - KARACHI GRAMMAR SCHOOL
 BACHELORS OF ARCHUTECTURE – UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO
 1975 – JOINED PYARALI A. MERALI ASSOCIATES
 1979 – FOUNDED ARSHAD SHAHID ABDULLA (Pvt.) Ltd.
 MEMBER OF PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTS AND TOWN PLANNERS (PCATP)
AND INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS PAKISTAN (IAP)
 FOUNDER OF PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF INTERIOR DESIGNER
 FOUNDER OF INDUS VALLEY SCHOOL OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE (IVS) AND
THE HUNAR FOUNDATION (THF)
 RELOCATED THE HUNDRED YEAR OLD NUSSERWANJI BUILDING FROM
KHARADAR TO NEW SCHOOL IN CLIFTON
 PART OF TEACHING FACULTY AT IVS
DESIGN PHILOSPHY
“It is essential to create a space that has a good feel to it. Therefore, nature, views, vistas, sound and
catching the day light is vital.” He further said, “I tried to under-design, use natural and indigenous
materials intertwined with nature. I try to blend my interiors and exteriors. The materials used render the
building into maturity instead of making it old.”

 NATURE, LIGHT, SIMPLICITY AND CALMING AMBIENCE ARE SOME OF

THE DSIGN DETERMINANTS IN HIS WORK
 DESIGN IS STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY FUNCTION OF SPACE

PROJECTS
NAVEED’S RESIDENCY
 MCB TOWER, KARACHI
 DOLMEN CITY MALL, KARACHI
 BAHRIA ICON TOWER, KARACHI BAKHT T`OWER, KARACHI

 SOUTH CITI HOSPITAL, KARACHI

 INDUS VALLEY SCHOOL OF ART AND ARCHTECTURE, KARACHI
 THE HUNAR FOUNDATION, KARACHI
 KHAADI FACTORY, KARACHI
 BUILDER’S MALL, ISLAMABAD
 BAKHT TOWER, KARACHI
 NAVEED’S RESIDENCY
DOLMEN CITY MALL, KARACHI
BUILDER’S MALL, ISLAMABAD
DOLMEN CITY MALL, KARACHI :

 SEA SHORE SITE

 EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR DESIGN MERGED AND RELATED WITH THE
SURROUNDING
 DESIGNED THE ELEVATION AS A HUGE WHITE SAIL
 PROVIDES THE VIEW OF THE SEA FROM THE MALL
 USED ELEMENTS OF MARINE LIFE IN INTERIOR SPACES
 CREATE AN IMPRESSION OF THE SURROUNING TO THE VIEWER
 DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY TO BRING THE SURROUNDING’S FEEL INSIDE THE
MALL
NAVEED RESIDENCE, KARACHI:

 INTERTWINED THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES

 VISUAL AND PHYSICAL CONNCTION TO THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT
 OPEN AND FLUID INTERIOR SPACES
 SKYLIGHTS AND CLERESTORY WINDOWS FOR THE FLOW OF AIR AND
SUNLIGHT
 COURTYARD WITH WATER ELEMENTS AND SKYLIGHTS
MUKHTAR HUSAIN
“To me design is a problem solving process. The
architects method is based on reasoning a logic.”

INTRODUCTION

 BORN IN 1950
 SCHOOLING – KARACHI GRAMMAR SCHOOL
 BACHELORS OF ARCHITECTURE – MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, TURKEY
 1973 – JOINED ZOR ENGINEERS (Pvt.)
 1981 – JOINED NESPAK
 1985-1992 - CHIEF ARCHITECT OF NEW TERMINAL COMPLEX AT KARACHI AIRPORT
 1996-1997 – EXCUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IVS
 1995-1998 – TECHNICAL REVIEWER AT AGHA KHAN AWARDS FOR ARCHITECTURE
 1997 – SETUP HIS OWN FIRM, FNMH ARCHITECTURE
 INFLUENCE – BUCKMINISTER FULLER
DESIGN PHILOSPHY

“To me design is a problem solving process. The architects method is based on reasoning and
logic. However, instead of being right or wrong, our work is just as better or worse. There is
nothing absolutely perfect. As designers we try to maximize the advantages, minimize the
disadvantages and fine-tune and polish our concepts.”

 HE PREFERS SIMPLE, FUNCTIONALLY EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE

DESIGN
 HIS WORK IS STRAIGHT FORWARD AND LEAN

PROJECTS NEW TURKISH CONSULATE,

KARACHI
 NEW TERMINAL BUILDING AT KARACHI INTERNATIONL AIRPORT, KARACHI
 LIBERTY BOOKS, KARACHI DUBAI DAILY
RESTAURANT, KARACHI
 CHOTANI JEWELERS, KARACHI
 EBH SHOWROOMS, KARACHI
 UBL BUILDING, CLIFTON, KARACHI
 NEW TURKISH CONSULATE, KARACHI
 UBL PRIORITY BANKING LOUNGES ALL OVER PAKISTAN
 DADEX CENTRE AND SHOWROOM, KARACHI
 DUBAI DAILY RESTAURANT, KARACHI
 MUKHTAR HUSAIN’S RESIDENCE, KARACHI MUKHTAR HUSAIN’S RESIDENCE,
DADEX CENTRE AND KARACHI
SHOWROOM, KARACHI
NEW TURKISH CONSULATE, KARACHI :

 CREATED A PROJECT USHERING IN MODERNITY

 SIMPLE MATERIALS AND BUILDING METHIODS
 MODESTY IS REFLECTED
 BUILDING REFLECTS ORGANIC QUALITY
 MINIMAL ORNAMENTATION

MUKHTAR HUSAIN’S RESIDENCE, KARACHI :

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 RED BRICK HOUSE
 STRONG RUSTIC BIAS AND ORGANIC QUALITY
 REFLECTS A PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL MATERIAL
 RELATIONSHIP OF THE OUTSIDE AND THE INSIDE
TARIQ ALEXANDER QAISER

“I strive for perfection, but one shouldn’t be a perfectionist.

To me, the journey is more important than the destination.”

INTRODUCTION

 BORN IN 1961, KARACH

 SCHOOLING – KARACHI GRAMMAR SCHOOL
 BACHELORS OF ARCHITECTURE –UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
 1986 – WORKED FOR WILLLIAM HALL ASSOCIATES
 JOINED ARSHAD SHAHID ABDULLAH FIRM FOR FOUR YEARS
 ESTABLISHED TWO FIRMS – TARIQ A. QAISER ARCHITECTURE AND INTRIOR DESIGN, TAQ
ASSOCIATES
 INFLUENCE – MICHELANGELO AND ARSHAD ABDULLAH
DESIGN PHILOSPHY

“Design approaches evolve and change over time. Beauty for me is paramount, but the program
brief and process need equal attention.”

 FORM IS IMPOTANT TO HIM BUT AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE INTERIOR SPACES

 DESIGN PROCESS IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT FOR HIM AS THE FINAL PRODUCT

PROJECTS

 INDUS HOSPITAL, KARACHI DOW MEDICAL COLLEGE,

KARACHI
 TONI AND GUY, KARACHI
 BAY VIEW ACADEMY, KARACHI
SINDH CLUB POOL, KARACHI
 DOW MEDICAL COLLEGE, KARACHI
 GENERATION SCHOOL, KARACHI
 STATE LIFE BUILDING, FAISALABAD
 SINDH CLUB POOL, KARACHI
 ST. JOSEPH’S LIBRARY, KARACHI
 BRITISH COUNCIL MANAGEMENT CENTRE, KARACHI
INDUS HOSPITAL, KARACHI

BAY VIEW ACADEMY,

KARACHI
DOW MEDICAL COLLEGE,OJHA CAMPUS, TB CENTRE,
KARACHI :

 SIMPLE DESIGN
 NATURAL VENTILATION
 FLEXIBLE, LIVABLE SPACES
 RELATED TO THE DYNAMICS OF SITE AND CONTEXT
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