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    The Alhamra Arts Council in Lahore, Pakistan was designed by architect Nayyar Ali Dada between 1985-1992. It started with a 1,000 seat auditorium built in 1979 and expanded with additional structures for offices, galleries, and performance spaces. Throughout the 15-year project, Dada used polygonal shapes and ingeniously arranged courtyards while maintaining the use of traditional red brick. The complex received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1998 for its flexible design that enhanced over time with additions.

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    The Alhamra Arts Council in Lahore, Pakistan was designed by architect Nayyar Ali Dada between 1985-1992. It started with a 1,000 seat auditorium built in 1979 and expanded with additional structures for offices, galleries, and performance spaces. Throughout the 15-year project, Dada used polygonal shapes and ingeniously arranged courtyards while maintaining the use of traditional red brick. The complex received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1998 for its flexible design that enhanced over time with additions.

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    The Alhamra Arts Council in Lahore, Pakistan was designed by architect Nayyar Ali Dada between 1985-1992. It started with a 1,000 seat auditorium built in 1979 and expanded with additional structures for offices, galleries, and performance spaces. Throughout the 15-year project, Dada used polygonal shapes and ingeniously arranged courtyards while maintaining the use of traditional red brick. The complex received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1998 for its flexible design that enhanced over time with additions.

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    ALHAMRA ART CONCIL

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    Location Lahore, Pakistan


    Architect/Planner Nayyar Ali Dada
    Client Lahore Arts Council
    Date 1985-1992
    Century 20th
    Decade 1990s
    Building Types public/cultural, public/cultural
    Building Usage auditorium, cultural center
    Project ID 405
    Keywords Aga Khan Award for Architecture Winner

    The Alhamra Arts Council in the 1970s retained architect Nayyar Ali Dada to design a 1,000
    seat multi-purpose auditorium that was built and completed in 1979. The council was later
    placed under the auspices of a government agency, the Lahore Arts Council, which oversaw
    the three subsequent phases of the project: four octagonal structures for administrative
    offices and art exhibition galleries that opened in 1984; a 450-seat theatre attached to the
    auditorium completed in 1985; and a 250-seat lecture and recital hall finished in 1992.
    Throughout this 15-year process, architect Dada used various combinations of polygonal
    shapes that meet the acoustic requirements of the performing arts. These forms are also
    ingeniously placed on the site to semi-enclose courtyards and green spaces. Another basic
    idea to which he adhered was the use of handmade red brick with traditional local mortar as
    veneer for the cast-in-place concrete walls. Red brick is the main building material at the
    Lahore Fort and Badshahi Mosque, the two most important historic buildings in the city. It
    was also the material most widely used by the British, and recalls the red sandstone
    architecture of Mughal Lahore. The jury found the complex to be "a rare example of flexible
    spaces that has enabled several additions to be made over time, each of which has in turn
    enhanced, rather than detracted from, its overall architectural value. This is a very popular
    and successful public building, projecting its complexities in a simple and powerful
    manner."
    Recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1998.

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