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REBORN @ 80: N.E.D. CITY CAMPUS RESTORATION

Presence of historic structures in any built environment gives it a sense of permanence and continuity, but their conservation/ restoration in present times is not only advocated on grounds of historic significance but also for reasons of sustainability...

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Renditions of h3 Architects

There are numerous definitions and interpretations of contextualism in design that one comes across in the world of art and architecture. Throughout history many architects have responded to the context of their time and place. This attitude can be observed through their technological or material application or through a response to climatic or socio-cultural sensitivity.

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A Vintage Garden in Shiraz

From the Arab conquest of Persia in 637 A.D. until the present times, the Persian Gardens have represented images of Paradise, with their dynamic realm of visual, acoustic and aromatic affects.  Beyond doubt, the relatively arid and tree less lofty Persian plateau gave the gardens such supreme value.

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Green KaravanGhar

The Journey towards Green Architecture
“375 million people will be affected by climate-related disasters every year, well above the 263 million believed to have been directly impacted by natural disasters in 2010.” – British Ministry for International Development Report, 2011

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Karachi Relief Trust & Architecture for Humanity

“The Children of Adam, created of the self-same clay, are members of one body. When one member suffers, all members suffer, likewise. O thou, who art indifferent to the suffering of the fellow, thou art unworthy to be called a man.”

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DISASTER RESILIENT DESIGN

“The Children of Adam, created of the self-same clay, are members of one body. When one member suffers, all members suffer, likewise. O thou, who art indifferent to the suffering of the fellow, thou art unworthy to be called a man.”

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The FOCUS approach to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Pakistan

The skyscrapers in Tokyo swayed, as the island nation of Japan was hit by the M 9.0 tremor on March 11, 2011. The earthquake is believed to be the strongest of our recorded...

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A FUTURE FOR THE PAST

Echoing Le Corbusier’s famous dictum that “architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light”, the architect Naeem Pasha describes architecture as “building with light”, thus underlining the close and symbiotic relationship that has existed ever since his practice.

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Five Projects Receive 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture; Oleg Grabar Receives Chairman’s Award

The five projects selected for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced at a ceremony held at the Museum of Islamic Art. His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani the Emir of Qatar and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser joined His Highness the Aga Khan in presiding over the ceremony. 

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Good Design is good business

Architecture and interior design is more than just a grand gesture. A well designed space can help company increase revenue, decrease operational costs and boost

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Roots School

Originally from Quetta, Mohammad Shahid Khan – is popularly known as “Shahidkhan” by friends from the National College of Arts, Lahore from where he graduated in 1990. Shahidkhan or MSK,

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Details with a Life

Construction of residences in affluent parts of Karachi has been held hostage by the contractor mafia of the city; contractors invest in a business of making typical and formulaic houses

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Oriental hegemony

Eating out these days has become more than just a change of cuisine or convenience; it has evolved into an experience that tantalizes all senses from visual to taste.

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FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION – THE LAHORE MCB BUILDING

The prolific life and work of Architect Nayyar Ali Dada (NAD) needs no introduction. He is arguably the finest Architect this country has produced in its tumultuous history.

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THE MELTING COURTYARDS

Najeeb Omar is the recipient of the IAP Design Excellence Award 2009, residential category. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Mahmood was chosen the winner with the following citation:

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Generation Next

Profiling a collective showcase of young and emerging architects and artists that has resulted in a kaleidoscope of works

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Getz Art

Getz Pharma is one of the many architect-designed factories dotted along the boulevard of smoking chimneys.

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Cocoo’s Den – An eatery of bygone era

Cuco’s den is a lone man story, his life and what he made of it, is now translated in his artwork...

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Hussein Chalayan – From fashion and back

Hussein Chalayan’s importance has now been recognized to be at the forefront of contemporary fashion design at the Design Museum in London. After all he has been twice named “British Designer of the Year”

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Fluidity and Motion in a Jewelry Store

A successful designer has a unique ability to connect with their clients. The designer in this case would have had to understand the workings of the jewelry business.

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Van Gogh Restaurant – a memory

Van Gogh and Amsterdam are synonymous; anyone who has been to the quaint city of Amsterdam knows the numerous Museums and Van Gogh’s lifelong work on display in one space.

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Zen Impact

Different degrees of modernity have become the raison d'être of the ever widening rift between the lifestyles of the East and the West.

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The Elbow Room – treat for the taste buds and the senses

The project can be described as an adaptive reuse project. Reuse projects are always tricky to deal with; questions of context and history are underlying.

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The design of ‘memory’ Khaadi

the design of Khaadi, which I say is a revival of memory drew on different cultural traditions and various experimentations based on hybrids as a fundamental design approach.

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Design Center – All under one roof

By: Ar. Ramiz Baig Photography & Images: Courtesy S Abdulla In recent times we have seen in Pakistan an introduction to “all under one roof” solutions as far as retail and even household goods are concerned. So it comes as no surprise that an established name like S Abdulla and Co. offered such a solution for interiors. S [...]

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The role of ADA magazine, for me, is to create a platform for inspiration to engage with the creative industries, like it says on the cover….Architecture Design and Art. These are the industries that will participate in transformations of society, economically, environmentally and socially! I look forward to ADA in playing its role of recording and instigating debate, thought, and inspiring all.
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— Azhar (Azhar Architecture)