Habib Fida Ali (1935 – 7 January 2017) (
Urdu: حبیب فدا علی) was one of Pakistan's most prominent architects,[1][2][3] working in the
modernist tradition.[4]
Early life
Fida Ali was born to a
Dawoodi Bohra family[5] 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 examinations. 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.[6]
Career
Habib Fida Ali had worked on the following buildings and architectural projects.
Corporate projects
Shell House[7] (Completed in 1976 First Prize in Limited Competition)[8]
Habib Fida Ali (1935 – 7 January 2017) (
Urdu: حبیب فدا علی) was one of Pakistan's most prominent architects,[1][2][3] working in the
modernist tradition.[4]
Early life
Fida Ali was born to a
Dawoodi Bohra family[5] 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 examinations. 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.[6]
Career
Habib Fida Ali had worked on the following buildings and architectural projects.
Corporate projects
Shell House[7] (Completed in 1976 First Prize in Limited Competition)[8]