Habib Fida Ali has been involved in a substantial number of projects ranging from single family
residences and public buildings to high rise blocks and educational institutions. Its consistent yet
innovative design approach in exteriors as well as interiors has given the firm a place amongst
other renowned architects and modernists practicing today. Some major projects the firm has
designed include LUMS(Lahore University of Management Sciences), Shell House, Karachi Club
Shell House- Karachi
Annexe and Allied Bank Limited. Our building’s respond well to functional, technological and
cultural factors and can adapt to any environment it is built in. Habib Fida Ali has created a
signature style of its own that is reflected in all its projects thus making them distinct within its
surroundings. Habib Fida Ali’s design philosophy is not that form follows function, but that form
and function should work simultaneously to bring about a pure architectural design, where the
United Bank Limited- Quetta
function defines the form and vice versa.
The firm and its members adhere to a positive and honest attitude towards work. Our approach
revolves around a modernist principle formed by a LESS IS MORE design concept, a basic
guideline which creates the foundation of our design criteria.
Faisal Bank - Karachi
HABIB FIDA ALI
VISION
Design excellence and problem solving are at the heart of everything we do. We promote creativity with a disciplined
design process that assesses, analyzes and synthesizes a project’s issues and objectives.
Our design philosophy consists of three principles:
Timelessness_ _ architecture transcends fashion and should never lose its appeal. We believe that
good design fashion is truly innovative, highly sensible, yet a source of inspiration to those who
have the pleasure of living with it.
Simplicity_ _ is a dominant theme in execution and design. We believe in simplicity and
minimalism and that form and function should be in synthesis and incorporate innovative ideas in
terms of concept, design and materials. Detailing is deliberately sparse and linear in order to
enhance the spaces within and without. Detailing is in the heart of our work. It has been said that
good detailing should never show the agony it took to produce it, but should appear as if it had not
been detailed at all.
Functionality_ _ in design is not an abstract exercise in combining shapes, forms and materials.
Our design methodology focuses on an inner application of design values following the philosophy
of minimalist spacing that creates rectangularity, proportional equilibrium of scale, texture and
composition and undisguised use of modern materials such as concrete, to create imaginative yet
efficient architectural environments. In addition to aesthetic expression, program requirements,
structure and economy of construction serve as joint determinants of planning and detailing in all
our projects.
Commercial Union - Karachi
HABIB FIDA ALI
COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS
Shell House, Karachi
(Client: Shell Pakistan Limited)
Completed in 1978
First Prize Award in Competition
Cavish Court, Karachi
(Client: Cavish Estate Developers)
Completed in 1987
SNGPL Head Office Building, Lahore
(Client: Sui Northern Gas Pipe Lines)
Completed in 1989
Commercial Union Assurance
Regional Office Building, Karachi
(Client: Commercial Union Ptc. UK)
Completed in 1992
Siemens Head Office, S.I.T.E. Karachi
(Client: Siemens Pakistan
Engineering Company Limited)
Completed in 1998
Faysal House, Karachi
(Client: Century Links (Pvt.) Ltd.)
Completed in 2006
NBP Zonal Office Building, Quetta
(Client: National Bank of Pakistan)
Completed in 1981
Amex Building, Karachi
(Client: American Express Corp.)
Completed in 1981
Project Shelved
CitiBank Building, Lahore
(Client: CitiBank, N.A)
Designed in 1983
Project Shelved
UBL Head Office Building Karachi
(Client United Bank Limited)
First Prize in 1984
Project Shelved
PCI Complex Karachi
(Client: Pak Carpet Industries)
Designed in 1985
Project Shelved
PBS Keamari Installation, Karachi
(Client: Shell Pakistan Limited)
Completed in 1988
HABIB FIDA ALI
COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS
BRR Security Vault Building, Karachi
(Client: BRR Capital Modaraba)
Completed in 1989
ABAD Headquarters, Karachi
(Client: Association of Builders
And Developers)
Completed in 1989
AVS Office Building, Lahore
(Client: Ameeje Valeejee & Sons)
Completed in 1989
ICI Head Office, Karachi
(Client: ICI Pakistan)
Completed in 1990
ICCICE Headquarters, Karachi
(Client: Islamic Chamber of
Commerce, Industry & Commodity
Exchange)
Completed in 1991
POL Head Office Building, Rawalpindi
(Client: Pakistan Oil fields Limited)
Completed in 1991
Babar Ali Foundation, Lahore
(Client: Babar Ali Foundation)
Completed in 1992
Office Building for Mono Ltd., Karachi
(Client: Habib Group)
Designed in 1992
Project Shelved
OCS Office Building, Karachi
(Client: OCS Limited)
Designed in 1992
Project Shelved
UBL Circle Office Building, Quetta
(Client: United Bank Limited)
Completed in 1993
Khas Traders Office Building, Karachi
(Client: Khas Traders)
Completed in 1993
NIT House Karachi
(Client: National Investment Trust Ltd.)
Designed in 1994
Project Shelved
HABIB FIDA ALI
COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS
PICIC Head Office Building, Karachi
(Client: Pakistan Industrial Credit &
Investment Corporation)
Designed in 1994
Project Shelved
Sitara Towers, Faisalabad
(Client: Sitara Textile Mills)
Completed in 1995
Shahnawaz Corporate Office Building
(Client: Shahnawaz Limited)
Designed in 1995
NBP Blue Area, Islamabad
(Client: National Bank of Pakistan)
Designed in 1995
Project Shelved
Imperial House, Lahore
(Client: Mughal Imperial)
Designed in 1995
Project Shelved
EFU House
(Client: Eastern Federal Union
Insurance Corporation United)
Designed in 1998
Project Shelved
Lever Brothers Head Office, Karachi
(Client: Lever Brothers)
Designed in 1999
Project Shelved
NBP Head Office Building, Karachi
(Client: National Bank of Pakistan)
Completed in 1999
SSGCL Head Office Building, Karachi
(Client: Sui Southern Gas Co. Ltd.)
Completed in 2000
Sui Southern Gas Co. Ltd., Hyderabad
(Client: Sui Southern Gas Co. Ltd.)
Completed in 2000
Nishat Head Office, Lahore
(Client: M/s Nishat Chunion Ltd.)
Completed in 2001
HABIB FIDA ALI
COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS
Office Building for
Ibrahim Group of Companies, Karachi
(Client: Ibrahim Group of Companies)
Completed in 2006
Head Office Building for
Ibrahim Group of Companies, Faisalabad
(Client: Ibrahim Group of Companies)
Completed in 2008
Auditorium for Sui Southern Gas Co.
Head Office Building, Karachi
Completed
EOBI Commercial Center, Karachi
(Client: EOBI)
Completed in 2009
ABL Head Office Building, Lahore
Design Stage
JS Commercial Building, Islamabad
(Client: Jahangir Siddiqui)
Submission Stage
Mari Gas Office Building, Islamabad
Competition Stage
EfU Life Building
2007 ongoing
Arkadian Mall
Design Stage
IAP Design Competition
Institute for Rural Management
First Prize 2013
HABIB FIDA ALI
IAP Design Competition – First Prize
Institute for Rural Management
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN 2013
HABIB FIDA ALI
INSTITUTIONAL
BUILDINGS
Lahore University of Management
Sciences (LUMS) Phase I
(Client: The National Management
Foundation)
Completed in 1994
Lahore University of Management
Sciences (LUMS) Phase II
(Client: The National Management
Foundation)
Completed in 1998
Bangladesh International Tutorial
DAKHA
Completed in 2004
INFAQ Foundation School, Karachi
(Client: INFAQ Foundation)
Completed in 2005
The CAS School
School of Defence Phase VII, Karachi
Completed in 2005
LUMS School of Science and Engineering
Completed in 2009
Institute of Behavioral Physiological, Karachi
(Client: Institute of Behavioral
Physiological)
Completed in 1993
Municipal Training and Research
Institute, Karachi
(Client: PAK P. W. D.)
Completed in 1987
PICIC Management Institute & Health
Club, Karachi (Client: Pakistan
Industrial Credit &Investment Corp.)
Designed in 1994
Project Shelved
Training Institute, Karachi
(Client: Society for Training & Development)
Completed in 1995
ITUI, Karachi
(Client: Idarae Tarveej-e-Uloom)
Completed in 2001
HABIB FIDA ALI
INSTITUTIONAL
BUILDINGS
Foundation Public School, Karachi
(Client: FPS, Karachi)
Completed in 2004
Institute of Chartered Accountants
Pakistan Building, Karachi
(Client: Institute of Chartered
Accountants)
Completed in 2004
Memon Medical Institute Phase 1
Under Construction
Indus Library, Karachi
Presentation Stage
Institute of Business Administration
Completed in 2006
Agha Khan University Facility of Arts
And Sciences
Design Development
Sir Syed Tower, Karachi
(Client: Aligharh Muslim University Old
Boy Association)(AMUOBA)
Tender Stage
Haq School
(Client: Rizwan ul Haq)
Completed in 2009
Pakistan School of Fashion Design
Lahore
(Client: Export Promotion Bureau)
Completed in 2009
LUMS, Suleman Dawood Business
School, Lahore
(Client: The National Management
Foundation)
Under Construction
Rugby School
Completed in 2009
HABIB FIDA ALI
RETAIL AND
ENTERTAINMENT
The Forum, Clifton, Karachi
(Client: Quality Constructors (Pvt.) Ltd)
Completed in 2001
Lahore Retail outlets and High rise
Building, Lahore
(Client: First Tameer Limited)
Design Development
Karachi Club Annexe, Karachi
Completed in 2008
Beach View Club, Karachi
Project on Hold
120 Rooms Extension at Hotel
Midway House, Karachi Airport
(Client: PIA & KLM)
Completed in 1982
First Prize in Limited
Competition
HABIB FIDA ALI
MOSQUES
LUMS Mosque, Lahore
Completed in 1994
Hubco Mosque, Karachi
Completed in 1999
IGC MOSQUE, Lahore
(Ibrahim Group of Companies)
Completed in 1999
Memon Medical Institute Mosque, Karachi
Completed in 2009
HABIB FIDA ALI
RENNOVATION
PROJECTS
Mohatta Palace, Karachi
Completed in 2000
Architect’s Own Residence, Karachi
Completed in 1977
National Bank of Pakistan, Karachi
Completed in 1997
HABIB FIDA ALI