Nayyar ali dada biography definition
Nayyar Ali Dada
Pakistani architect
Nayyar Ali Dada (Urdu: نیر علی دادا) (born Nayyar Ali Zaidi; 11 November ) is a Pakistani architect.[1][2]
Early life and education
Nayyar Ali Dada was born on 11 November in Delhi, British India, to a Sayyid family.[2] His family migrated to Lahore, Pakistan, in the s. After finishing his basic education at the University of Punjab, Lahore in , he enrolled in the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore, as a student. In , he graduated from NCA but chose to remain attached to it by working there as a teacher. The principal of NCA Shakir Ali and Dada became friends. According to Overseas Pakistanis Foundation website, "The relationship with Shakir Ali (the principal of NCA) grew, and the two became close friends. As a token of friendship, Nayyar designed Shakir Ali's house in Garden Town, Lahore (now the Shakir Ali Museum)."[2][1]
Works
Buildings associated with Dada include:
- Shakir Ali Museum (Lahore) [2]
- Grand Mosque, Lake City Lahore
- Lake City Downtown Commercial, Lahore
- Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore Bahria Town
- Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore in [2][1]
- 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)[2]
- Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre[3]
- Vogue Towers (a shopping mall in Lahore, Pakistan) ()
- Lahore Zoo[2]
- Quaid-e-Azam Library, (Lahore)[2]
- The Defence Revelation, (Lahore) [4]
- Grand Jamia Mosque[5]