Pakistan pavilion at the Expo-2020 Dubai will showcase ‘the hidden treasures’ of the country including the 7,000-year-old civilization. Visitors to the pavilion will get to know about the country through digital audio visual experience. For the first time, Pakistan has unveiled details of its unique pavilion being built at a cost of $28.72 million (Dh […]
From the 9-14 November, Dubai Design Week returns with a diverse line-up of 100+ events and activities for visitors of all ages to explore including exhibitions, pop-ups and outdoor installations at Dubai Design District (d3), alongside new digital programming. The weekend program includes the launch of a new large-scale outdoor retail initiative bringing together the
Text & Visuals | Abdul Rehman – Issue 56 – The provision of safe water supply has remained an important concern of all responsible governments. At the time of advent of subcontinent by the British, there was serious outbreak of cholera in the towns and cities of the subcontinent. A large number of military personals
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Text | Zarminae Ansari – Visuals | Museum of the Russian Icon Website – Issue 56 – By ADA’s Moscow correspondent, when she lived in the endlessly surprising city trying to learn their rich, but forbiddingly difficult language! Arch. Zarminae Ansari, (MIT, 1997) is the Founder/ Director of Joy of Urdu, a bilingual organization for
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Text & Visuals | Iftikhar Azam – Issue 55 – The Creative Process: What is a creative process and how does a creation create? So many questions fill one’s mind. Does the hand of the Master guide the servant? How does one imagine what there is not? How does one imagine the final form before
Text | Maria Aslam and Anushay Zehra Rashid – Visuals | Courtesy Arif Hasan – Issue 55 – From the joint ADA Issue 53 & 54 we continue our conversation with Arif Hasan about his illustrious career. Diving further into his work, we discuss the immense knowledge he has gathered, the work he has interacted
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Text & Visual | Maria Vidali This narrative unfolds in Kampos, a village on the Greek island of Tinos. Tinos is an Aegean island with a long history of agriculture. In Kampos, one of the oldest farming villages of Tinos, boundaries created by low stone walls and alleyways primarily define the farming landscape that
Text & Visuals | Haroon Shuaib – Issue 55 – Architect, artist and curator Naeem Pasha former partner of Suhail and Pasha Architects, a partnership that dissolved around 2000 and Naeem Pasha then started his own practice; recently received the 2020 Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Distinction), one of Pakistan’s highest civilian honours, for his lifetime contribution
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An Architectural Archive of Genealogies and Memories Text | Hammad Ali Visuals Courtesy | Jamil Naqsh Museum Buildings stand about as a motionless society; while they do not speak, we, nevertheless, interpret their meaning and intent. Their interiors impose reassuring images upon us; patterns emerging in their specific physical settings resist the urge to change
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Text | Maria Aslam Visuals Courtesy | Isbah Hassan & Associates Project Details Project: UBL Regional Head Quarters Location: Jail Road, Lahore Area: 185000 sqft Consultant: Isbah Hassan & Associates Contractor: Mughal Construction Year of completion: 2018 The Corporate culture especially the banking sector is a segment of building environments that has time immemorial been
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