Kamil Khan Mumtaz - the architect

1. KAMIL KHAN MUMTAZPRESENTED BY: AYESHA RAZA

2. EARLY LIFE & EDUCATION
• HE WAS BORN IN 1939, JUST EIGHT YEARS BEFORE
INDEPENDENCE (AUGUST 1947) AND THE PARTITION
OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
• KAMIL KHAN'S FATHER WAS A CIVIL ENGINEER. HIS
MOTHER WAS AN ARTIST/ PAINTER.
• KKM'S EARLY EDUCATION WAS AT THE MUREE
CONVENT IN THE HILL STATION, MUREE.
• HE COMPLETED HIS A LEVELS AT THE AITCHISON
COLLEGE,LAHORE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO THE
ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION IN LONDON.

3. EARLY CAREER
• HE WAS HEAD OF THE OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ARTS, LAHORE
BETWEEN 1966-1975.
• IN 1985, HE AUTHORED 'ARCHITECTURE IN PAKISTAN'.
• MUMTAZ WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE LAHORE
BACHAO TEHREEK IN 2006.
• HE HAS ALSO PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN CIVIL SOCIETY OPPOSITION
TO THE IMPACT ON HERITAGE SITES OF THE ORANGE LINE TRAIN
PROJECT IN LAHORE.
• THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS BEEN A PIONEER IN THE MOVEMENT
FOR CONSERVATION OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND RAISING
STANDARDS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN PAKISTAN.

4. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
• HE WORKS MAINLY ON TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE.
• HE PREFERS LOCAL BUILDING MATERIALS.
• HE LOVES USING ARCHES

5. WORKS
• SOME OF HIS ONGOING WORKS INCLUDE
• DAULA PUKHTA SCHOOL IN OKARA
DISTRICT,
• THE MAUSOLEUM OF CHAL-E-SHARIF IN
GUJRAT,
• KOT KARAMAT FARMHOUSE,

6. DAR-UL-HIKMAT
• IT IS A SCHOOL LOCATED IN LAHORE,
PUNJAB.
• DESIGN TECHNIQUES USED IN THE
BUILDING ARE:
• PUKKA KALLI – PERMANENT LIME
PLASTER
• PERFORATED BRICKS
• COURTYARDS
• SKYLIGHTS