Rustom Sohrab Rustomji
Rustom Sohrab Rustomji (30 August 1917 – c. 2016) was a Pakistani architect.
Rustom Sohrab Rustomji
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 2016
- Occupation
- architect
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Rustom Sohrab Rustomji (30 August 1917 – c. 2016) was a Pakistani architect.
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Rustom Sohrab Rustomji worked as an architect. Born in 1917. Rustom Sohrab Rustomji died in 2016.
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Rustomji was born in Karachi on 30 August 1917.
Institute of Architects, Pakistan
Institute of Architects, Pakistan
In the 1950s, he along with 10 other practising architects, including two foreigners, formed the Institute of Architects, Pakistan. The other founders of the Institute were: M. A. Ahed, Tajuddin Bhamani, Minoo Mistry, Pir Mohammad, Abdulhusein M. Thariani, H. H. Khan, Mehdi Ali Mirza, Zahiruddn Khawaja, Bloomfield and Peter Powell. He signed the Institute's Memorandum of Association.
Before 1947
Before 1947
In late 1943, he became the state architect of Bikaner.
After 1947
After 1947
In 1947, after independence of Pakistan was announced, he was offered a partnership in the firm, D.H. Daruvala & Co in Karachi and moved back to the city. He remained with the firm thereafter. Rustomji died around 2016.
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- 1.Chapter 8: Architecture after independence Archnet.org Retrieved 8 March 2016
- 2.Rustomji has passed away. Retrieved 28 March 2016
- 3.Book Review Archpress Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- 4.Mumtaz, K. K., "Modernity and Tradition" Karachi: OUP 1999 pg. 121
- 5.Memorandum of Association of Institute of Architects Pakistan Retrieved 28 March 2016
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