Karachi
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and attended St. Patrick's primary school there, before in 1952 becoming a boarder at
Aitchison College
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Lahore
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A level
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s examinations. He then became the first Pakistani student to be admitted to the
Architectural Association School of Architecture
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in
London
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, from where he graduated in 1962. He returned to Pakistan in 1963 to join William Perry's architectural practice in Karachi, and established his own practice in 1965.
Career
Habib Fida Ali had worked on the following buildings and architectural projects.
Corporate projects
*Shell House (Completed in 1976 First Prize in Limited Competition)
*Commercial Union (Completed in 1992)
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National Bank of Pakistan
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Head Office Building (Renovation)
*Cavish Court, Karachi (completed in 1987)
* Sui Southern Gas Company Head Office Building
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Sui Northern Gas Company
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Head Office Building, Lahore (completed in 1989)
*Commercial Union Assurance Regional Office Building, Karachi (completed in 1992)
Hospitality projects
*Midway House Hotel at
Karachi Airport
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(completed in 1982) (Phase I & 2003 -2006 PhaseII)
*Memon Medical Institute (completed in 2010)
*Infaq Medical Center (completed in 2006)
*Bait-ul-Sukoon Cancer Hospital (completed in 2007)
*Master Plan JS Hospital,
Sehwan
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Sindh
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, Pakistan (completed in 2012)
*Police Hospital, Garden Road, Karachi (completed in 2012)
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History
It was formed in 1957 by a ...
*Nominated for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 1986
*Speaker at the forum 2001 at Sri Lankan Institute of Architects, Colombo Sri Lanka to speak on his Fair Face Concrete Buildings.
*Karachi conformance of Building & Material Exhibition My Architects – Our Architecture IAPEX 2004
*Designed Karachi American School along with William Perry in 1962
Professional affiliations
*National Vice President of the Institute of Architects, Pakistan (IAP)
*Member, Master Jury, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1983
Death
Habib Fida Ali died on 7 January 2017. The cause of death was reported to be brain hemorrhage.