Awards

The IAP Award 2019 was organized by the Institute of Architects, Pakistan to encourage and acknowledge exemplary architectural work done by Architects in Pakistan. This nation-wide Excellence Award 2019 was open to all IAP Members in good standing. The main objective of these biennial Awards was to inspire architecture in harmony with the unique cultural values and national aspirations. This encouraged awareness and enhance the role of the profession of architecture and architects in the socio-economic and cultural life of our country. The ambitious task was handed over to Executive Committee of the Rawalpindi/ Islamabad Chapter hosting the awards in Islamabad for the first ever time. IAP National Council voted in the favor of Ar. Salman Mansoor, being the Convener Awards and custodian of constituting a jury panel representing all chapters of Pakistan. The jury comprised of Ar. Naheed Mashooqullah from Karachi, Ar. Isbah Hassan from Lahore, Ar. Arif Masoud from Islamabad, Ar. M. Arif Changezi being IAP President, Ar. Salman Mansoor being Convener & an acclaimed artist Jamal Shah as a non-architect personality. IAP National Council made the first announcement of awards documents dated 16th April 2019 through a mass email circulation to all the members along sharing it on website & social media. Following categories were mentioned for participation: CATEGORIES OF AWARD The Categories under which the Awards shall be considered in the 2018-19 cycle are: CATEGORY A : RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS Category A-1 : Single-Family Residential Projects Category A-2 : Multiple Family Units CATEGORY B : AMENITY BUILDING Category B-1 : Buildings up to 25,000 sft. Covered area Category B-2 : Buildings with covered area above 25,000 sft. Included in these two sub-categories shall be Hotels, Educational Buildings, Health Care Buildings, Commercial centers, Religious Buildings, Resorts & Recreational Spaces, Shopping Malls, Office Buildings and Sports Complexes. CATEGORY C : INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS Included in this category shall be Factories, Warehouses and Manufacturing Facilities CATEGORY D : RESTORATION & ADAPTIVE RE-USE BUILDINGS Adaptive Re-use projects, which conserve or restore the Architectural Heritage of Pakistan, are included in this Category CATEGORY E : ARCHITECTURAL INTERIORS Category E-1 : Interior space up to 5000 sft. Category E-2 : Interior space with covered area above 5000 sft. Included in this category will be the interiors of offices, Banks, Commercial / Retail Outlets and Residences. CATEGORY F : YOUNG ARCHITECTS AWARDS Award in this category shall be given to the best entry submitted for the above categories by member less than 40 years at the time of the First Submission. CATEGORY G : SPECIAL DESIGN AWARDS These awards are given to entries that, by virtue of their function, size and scale, do not fit into any of the above-mentioned categories. Designs like public toilets, bus stops, roundabouts, kiosks, installations and public squares are some projects amongst the many other that can be submitted. Following timelines were mentioned: SUBMISSION DEADLINE Announcement of the Award : 16th April’ 2019 Deadline for first stage submission : 14th May’ 2019 First Jury Meeting by : 17th & 18th May’ 2019 Deadline for Second Stage (Final) submission : 26th June’ 2019 Final Jury Meeting by : 29 & 30th June’ 2019 IAP Award Ceremony : 13th July’ 2019 REPORT ON JURY PROCEEDINGS: The Jury for the First Stage met on 17th May’ 2019 at Hotel Crown Plaza, Islamabad. A total of 47 entries were received initially, out of which 21 were shortlisted for the Second Stage. The Jury for the second stage met on 29th June’ 2019 at Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Islamabad. Following jury members were present. Arif Changezi ( President IAP ) Naheed Mashooqullah ( Karachi ) Arif Masoud ( Islamabad ) Syed Jamal Shah ( DG PNCA ) Isbah Hassan ( Lahore) Salman Mansoor ( Convener ) A total of 21 entries were received for 2nd Stage Evaluation. The Jury reviewed all submission individually and collectively, and after detailed deliberations, was pleased to announce the following Awards and Honorable Mentions in some of the Categories: ARCHITECT PROJECT ARCHITECT A-1 IMRAN QURESHI / AISHA KHALID RESIDENCE AT LAHORE,BY NAYYAR ALI DADA ASSOCIATES, LAHORE RAZA ALI IAP AWARD’ 2019 A-1 ASIM RAZA ‘ s HOUSE’ KARACHI. BY NAJEEB OMAR & ASSOCIATES. KARACHI. NAJEEB OMER HONORABLE MENTION A-2 UZMA RESIDENCE AT KARACHI.BY COPPER & STEEL KARACHI. ARSHAD FAROOQI HONORABLE MENTION B-1 AMBIENCE STUDIO & SHINY TOY GUN FILMS PRODUCTION, KARACHI,BY DESIGN OPTIONS, KARACHI. MOYENA AHMED NIAZI IAP AWARD’ 2019 B-1 IBA PRAYER HALL, KARACHI.BY NAJMI BILGRAMI COLLABORATIVE, KARACHI AHSAN NAJMI & OTHERS HONORABLE MENTION B-2 GENERATIONS SCHOOL. SOUTH CAMPUS, KARACHI.BY TAQ ASSOCIATES. KARACHI. TARIQ ALEXANDER QAISAR IAP AWARD’ 2019 B-2 NATIONAL FOODS LTD., CORPORATE OFFICES., KARACHI.BY NAJMI BILGRAMI COLLABORATIVE, KARACHI. AHSAN NAJMI & OTHERS HONORABLE MENTION C A CATALYST FOR CHANGE – PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING BUILDING INTERLOOP INDUSTRIES, FAISALABAD. BY OFFICE OF METROPOLITAN DESIGN. LAHORE. AMINA QAYYUM MIRZA HONORABLE MENTION D NIL E -1 NIL E-2 SERENA HOTEL’ ISLAMABAD.BY NAYYAR ALI DADA ASSOCIATES, LAHORE. NAYYAR ALI DADA IAP AWARD ‘ 2019 F NIL G NIL The dazzling awards night gala dinner was held in Serena Islamabad on 13th July 2019 amidst Pakistan’s most acclaimed celebrity architects from all the major cities. IAP President Ar. M Arif Changezi & Ar. Faisal Arshad, Chairman IAP Rwp/ Isb Chapter greeted all esteemed guests including award winners, jury members, members of the National Council, Past IAP Presidents, Chairman PCATP and the chapter members present there in a big gathering. Ar. Salman Mansoor, convener awards gave an orientation of award proceeding to the audience. The event venue & the program was well arranged & sequenced. The event had been made possible through the generous & tremendous support of industry partners in the category of Platinum Sponsorship mainly ZRK Group, Brighto Paints & RAK Ceramics. All of them showed their enthusiasm by launching their new products at the occasion and distributing exciting corporate gifts to all the guests. The presence of their top management attending the event showed their utmost commitment in the promotion of architecture. Ar. Fauzia Asad Khan, a senior architect from Islamabad hosted the event as master of ceremony. The chapter launched their publication on heritage

On the evening of 16th August, the courtyard at IVS had a mixed gathering of award winners from all over Pakistan, proud parents, faculty and architects for the Academics Award Ceremony organized by the Board of Architectural Education of the Institute of Architects Pakistan (BAE-IAP). Thirty individuals received awards of which two were winners for Graduate Awards, one winner of IAP Kausar Bashir Ahmad Award, twenty three for Mehdi Ali Mirza Awards and four for BAE-IAP Architecture Photography competition. Winners of the newly introduced IAP Faculty Award were also honoured on this occasion. The ceremony started with the Tilawat of Holy Quran, after which Architect Khadija Jamal Shaban, Chairperson BAE-IAP welcomed the guests and highlighted that this was the first time that BAE-IAP had ogranised a dedicated evening for Award recipients. Previously these would be part of some event of IAP, but this exclusivity acknowledged the importance of education to the Institute. She also briefly touched upon the plans of training and publication of BAE-IAP and build upon the works of her predecessors. Veqar ul Islam, Director and CEO of Jaffer Business Systems, in his keynote address spun a motivational route to success citing from real life personal experience. This presented the young graduates’ food for thought as they embarked on their career journey. Architect Murad Jamil and Architect Amir Nazir Chaudhary also spoke on the occasion on IAP-KBA Award and Mehdi Ali Mirza Award respectively with personal anecdotes. Ar. Murad Jamil is part of the founding team of KBA-CARE (Kausar Bashir Ahmad Center for Research, Architecture, Education) and Ar. Amir Nazir Chaudhary past recipient of Mehdi Ali Mirza Award. It was heartening to see the occasion graced by senior respectable architects and the winners were most happy to receive the Awards from such stalwarts.  IAP Faculty Excellence Awards (IFEA) was presented by Ar. Arif Hasan to Dr. Anila Naeem and Dr. Suneela Ahmed under Senior and Junior categories respectively. Photography Awards by presented by Ar. Tariq Qaiser and Ar. Fawad Suhail Abbasi; Graduate Award by Ar. Zaigham Jaffery; IAP-KBA Awards by Ar. Murad Jamil and Mehdi Ali Mirza Awards by Architects Amir Nazir Chaudhary, Akeel Bilgrami, Jehangir Khan Sherpao (President, ARCASIA) and Asad I A Khan (Chairman PCATP). In his closing remarks President IAP Ar. Ali Zafar Qazi congratulated the award winners and appreciated the presence of all the guests. Ar. Farida Abdul Ghaffar has been the convener for IAP KBA, Graduate Awards and Mehdi Ali Mirza Awards and has been managing the process with dedication and diligence since past few cycles. The event concluded with a round of national songs to commemorate 71st Independence Day of Pakistan and the guests arose to salute the national anthem. The programme was followed by dinner. S. No. MEHDI ALI MIRZA AWARD RECIPIENTs NAME OF INSTITUTION PROVINCE 1 Nehal Fatima COMSATS Institute of Information & Technology, Islamabad Islamabad 2 Tayyaba Riaz COMSATS Institute of Information & Technology, Islamabad Islamabad 3 Mahnoor Shah National College of Arts, Rawalpindi Islamabad 4 Mahnoor Shehzad National College of Arts, Rawalpindi Islamabad 5 Naqsh Haider School of Art, Design & Architecture, NUST, Islamabad Islamabad 6 Shabir Ahmad Balochistan University of IT Engineering & Management Science, Quetta Baluchistan 7 Aimen Iftikhar Ahmed University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar Khyber 8 Noman Ullah CECOS University, Peshawar Pakhtunkhwa 9 Amtul Mateen Ayesha Beaconhouse National University, Lahore Punjab 10 Ansub Nadeem Sheikh COMSATS Institute of Information & Technology, Lahore Punjab 11 Fatima Najam National College of Arts, Lahore Punjab 12 Laiba Haroon National College of Arts, Lahore Punjab 13 Zunaira Gul National College of Arts, Lahore Punjab 14 Azeem Ullah Superior University, Lahore Punjab 15 Ayesha Irshad University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore Punjab 16 Abdul Hannan University of Management & Technology , Lahore Punjab 17 Freeha Afzal University of Management & Technology , Lahore Punjab 18 Naveen Zaman University of South Asia, Lahore Punjab 19 Nihan Mushtaq Center of Excellence Art & Design MUET, Jamshoro Sindh 20 Majid Iqbal Dawood University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi Sindh 21 Hamdan Ahmed Baig Department of Visual Studies University of, Karachi Sindh 22 Mohaddesse Fatima Khan Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi Sindh 23 Zainab Afzal Khan NED University Engineering & Technology, Karachi Sindh