ARCHI TIMES - December 2011

Madinah Wayfinding Masterplan

Ancient Islamic City begins an updated wayfinding and signage masterplan. Residents and tourists alike in the City of Madinah will soon be able to find their way with ease throughout the ancient and complicated city, thanks to Wayfinding Masterplan being developed by the Wayfinding & Signage Consulting firm of LIMAH. Continued...

Architect Rustom Sohrab Rustomji passed away

One of the founding members of IAP, Ar. Rustom Sohrab Rustomji, has passed away. Rustomji was born in Karachi on 30th August 1917, He studied at the BVS School in Karachi and in 1936 joined the J.J. School of Arts in Bombay. He received his diploma in 1946 and was elected Member of the Royal Institute of British Continued...

Architect Naqi Ali Mirza Passed Away

One of the senior most Architects of Karachi. Mr. Naqi Ali Mirza has passed on Dec. 26, 2011 after a prolonged illness. May he rest in peace with Almighty Allah. He was born in Hyderabad Deccan, India. He migrated to Pakistan in 1952 and settled in Karachi. He studied here in School of Architecture, while working in K.D.A., later on, Continued...

A Series of presentations organised by IAP

Nowadays it is growing exceedingly easy to associate ourselves to technology due to the interactive media & fast growing developments with respect to architecture & design across the globe. This fast pace technology which has become simpler to approach on a daily basis gives us more opportunity to see Continued...

Architect Asad I. Khan interviewed to ARCHI TIMES

Asad I. A. Khan was born in Dhaka, then East Pakistan. He studied architecture at the National College of the Arts, Lahore graduated in 1978 and, after working briefly in Karachi, proceeded to the United States of America to obtain a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Illinois, Chicago. He returned to Continued...

Fun in Architecture & Design

On December 2nd 2011 IAP invited Ms. Juliane Eick Aziz a German architect married and living in Islamabad to deliver a lecture on her works. Ms. Marya Maryam Alam 5th year student of Architecture from Comsats, Islamabad & Affiliate IAP opened the show and presented a slideshow on a narration of a workshop Continued...

NESPAK is a National Assest

A presentation on 'NESPAK in the Field of Architecture' was organized by ARCHITIMES and Engro at the Marriot Hotel in Karachi on 15th December 2011. On this occasion Managing Director NESPAK, Ar. Asad I. Khan, who was the Chief guest, said that NESPAK is an assest for the country because of its remarkable Continued...

Knowing Materials, Doing Architecture

The Chairman and Executive Committee, Institute of Architects Pakistan, Lahore Chapter (LC-IAP) with Convener LC-IAP Lectures Series and Discussion program 2011-2012, Ar. Maliha Vahla, held a symposium on 'Natural Building Future In Pakistan' on November 30th, 2011 at the Auditorium of National College Continued...

White is Right

In today's world, with so much accessibility to technology allowing best possible exposure to both the client and the architect, one hardly ever knows where to stop. When you know that anything you do would be sold under the banner of globalization, doing a hi-fi design is a gimmick. In a social setting where doing Continued...