In the industrial heart of Korangi, ASTOLA proposes an alternative to the ordinary factory campus. Designed by Gul & Thariani, the LEED Platinum-certified facility unites pharmaceutical production with a workplace built around light, landscape, and human wellbeing — courtyards, gardens, and water threading through a disciplined, rust-and-ochre exterior. Inside, a...
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Architecture
Design
Ali Rez’s Audio Nikahnama Honored with Socially Responsive Award at the ADA Awards 2024-25
Ali Rez, Chief Creative Officer at Impact BBDO, wins the ADA Award 2024-25 in the Design – Communication Advertorial / Campaign for Easypaisa’s Audio Nikahnama—a pioneering initiative that leverages technology to enhance accessibility and awareness of matrimonial rights. The trophy was presented by Mr. Shahzad Nawaz (ADA Awards Design Jury),...
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Art
URDU WORLDS – A Tête-à-Tête with Ali Kazim
“Anywhere you live in the world, you will feel the need to build your own safe space, your own world, and words give rise to those worlds.” For Lahore-based artist Ali Kazim, this conviction anchors Urdu Worlds — the UAE’s first contemporary art exhibition dedicated to the Urdu language, now...
Read MoreADA Awards 2024-25: Karim A. Khan Receives 3D Art & Environment Leadership Award for ‘Still Life’
Karim A. Khan wins the ADA Award 2024-25 in the Art – 3D Art category for Still Life: Threads and Wires between Dead Trees—a poetic and site-specific installation that reflects environmental consciousness and artistic finesse. Presented the trophy by Ms. Fatima Malik (British Council) and Dr. Venetia Porter (ADA Awards...
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