Culture & sport · Regionalism
Nayyar Ali Dada · Lahore, PK · 1992
Key featuresSolid red brick volumes of auditoriums and galleries with few, deep-set openings against the heat.
Alhamra Arts Council (also known as the Alhamra Hall, Alhamra Cultural Complex, Alhamra Art Gallery and Lahore Arts Council) is a cultural institution and event-staging venue in Lahore, Pakistan. The venue was designed by Nayyar Ali Dada and completed in 1992.
The Alhamra Arts Council building is located on a colonial-era road that was formerly known as Mall Road and has been renamed as Shahrah Quaid-e-Azam. The origins of the arts complex lie in an initial commission of Nayyar Ali Dada to design a 1000-seat auditorium for the Alhamra Arts Council (AAC), of which he was a member. The AAC had been given the site by the government in the years immediately following independence but had generally staged its performances outdoors. The auditorium was completed in 1979 and replaced some temporary buildings.
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