NAYYAR ALI

DADA

11 NOVEMBER 1943 - NOW

  NAYYAR ALI DADA WAS BORN
ON 11 NOVEMBER 1943 IN
DELHI, BRITISH INDIA
 IN 1957, HE ENROLLED IN THE
NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ARTS
(NCA), LAHORE AS A STUDENT.

INTRODUCTIO
IN 1964, HE GRADUATED
FROM NCA BUT CHOSE TO
REMAIN ATTACHED WITH IT BY
WORKING THERE AS A

N
TEACHER.
 INSPIRED BY MY TEACHER
TOWARDS A CREATIVE,
CONTEMPORARY CAREER,
ASPIRING TO INVENT THE
FUTURE.
 HE IS PRINCIPLE ARCHITECT AT
NAYYAR ALI DADA ASSOCIATES
 NAYYAR HAS PIONEERED THE CAUSE OF
CONSERVATION IN PAKISTAN AND IS A
FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LAHORE
CONSERVATION SOCIETY. HE IS DEVOTED
TO THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG ARCHITECTS
AND HAS BEEN A LECTURER AT NCA
HUMANITARIAN & SINCE 1965. HE WAS NAMED A FELLOW OF
THE COLLEGE IN 1976. NAYYAR IS ACTIVELY
EDUCATIONIST INVOLVED IN THE CREATIVE ARTS
IN PAKISTAN, BOTH AS WATER COLOURIST
AND AS THE DIRECTOR OF A PRIVATE
GALLERY AND IS A BOARD MEMBER OF AND
ADVISOR TO MANY CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
PHILOSPHY
HAVING LIVED IN THE HISTORIC CITY OF LAHORE, HE UNDERSTANDS THE SENSIBILITIES AND MODERN ARTISTIC VALUES WHILE NOT
LOSING RESPECT AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE HISTORIC CITY. IT SOON BECAME CLEAR THAT HIS EARLY SUPER MODERN (RELATIVELY
SPEAKING) OR SOMETIMES RATHER BRUTALIST-STYLED BUILDINGS WOULD GIVE WAY TO BUILDINGS WITH A LOCAL FLAIR.
HE DEMONSTRATED THE APTNESS OF NEW FORWARD LOOKING CONCEPTS WHICH WOULD CARRY THE HISTORICAL OR REGIONAL
ELEMENT IN A CREATIVE MANNER. VARIOUS WORKS SINCE THEN HAVE ASSERTED HIS POSITION AS THE LEADING PERSONALITY IN
THE INDUSTRY THAT NOT ONLY GUIDES US BUT INSPIRES AND ENCOURAGES US TO EXAMINE THE PROGRAMS AND ISSUES FROM
THE EYES OF A PRAGMATIC, CREATIVE AND LOCAL ARCHITECT.
PROJECTS
SHAKIR ALI MUSEUM (LAHORE) 1982
AHMED'S BAHRIA TOWN, LAHORE (1993)
GRAND JAMIA MOSQUE, LAHORE
VALENCIA 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
THE HISTORIC GARDEN)
SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER
HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE
VOGUE TOWERS (A SHOPPING MALL IN
LAHORE, PAKISTAN) (2010)
LAHORE ZOO
QUAID-E-AZAM LIBRARY, (LAHORE)
NAYYAR ALI DADA ASSOCIATES IS COMPETENT TO SERVE
ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS LIKE:

ARCHITECTUR PLANNING INTERIORS SUSTAINABILI FUTURE BUILDING A

E TY EXPANSION PROJECT ON
NEEDS LINES OF 
 TOWN
PLANNING

FURNISHING
SLECTIONS,
SITE SLECTION 
MATERIAL
SELECTION.

PROFESSIONAL SPACE
MASTER
SKILLS: UTILIZATION
PLANNING
PLANNING 

INTERIOR
RE-
PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN

ZONING
CONSULTATION
• INTERIOR DESIGN
CONCEPT

TO FIND FUNCTIONAL AND CREATIVE WAYS

OF USING DESIGN, HISTORY, CULTURE AND
THE ARTS TO CREATE ARCHITECTURE THAT
RELATES TO CONTEXT, TIME, AND PLACE
WITH A CONTEMPORARY SPIRIT.
MATERIALS

GENERALLY USE HAND EXTERIOR EXPOSED BRICK STEEL TRUSS WORK IS

MADE BRICKS WALLS WORK WITH MORTAR,LIME DONE IN EXPO CENTER
& SURKHI
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International trends did Producing work around
not cater for local culture local conditions,
and local conditions. searching for local idioms
and local materials,
without losing sense of
time

CONCEPT
CURRENT WORLD
CONCLUSIONS
 Nayar ali dada concept is not
working with a current world.
 He always wanted to work with
indigenous material and native
architecture so that the cost of
the project is lowest and to meet
the passive environment within
the project
 According to dada local
architecture is the main
architecture we should work on
and made our buildings iconic
with depicting our culture and
architecture
 "Your ultimate bondage is with the soil you belong to. You are lucky
if you have added something meaningful to the place you belong to"
               
THANKYOU!