Raza Ali Dada

Pakistan

Raza Ali Dada is a managing partner at Nayyar Ali Dada & Associates, a leading Architectural firm in Pakistan that has received numerous awards, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and the Arcasia Gold Medal. After extensive design experience in New York, he now practices in Pakistan. As a supporter of eco-conscious practices, he has been actively working on raising awareness of sustainable and localized design concepts. Raza is also a shadow-industrial designer and has authored custom objects such as award-winning furniture and lighting.

He is a visiting faculty at the Beaconhouse National University and a member of the Lahore Conservation Society. Through teaching, and as an activist for the city’s environment and conservation, he has contributed to raising awareness among young people towards critical urban and environmental issues.

Raza Ali Dada is a founding board member of the Lahore Biennale Foundation, which held its first Biennale in March 2018. He was responsible for exhibit design throughout the Biennale.

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Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture