Background
Hasan-Uddin Khan was born on November 28, 1947 in Hyderabad, India, the son of Naser-ud-Deen and Bilquis Jehan (Niazi) Khan.
Hasan-Uddin Khan was born on November 28, 1947 in Hyderabad, India, the son of Naser-ud-Deen and Bilquis Jehan (Niazi) Khan.
Khan attended Chichester School of Art from 1965 to 1966. Also he graduated from Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1971 and had graduate study, 1971-1972.
In Payette Associates, Inc. Khan hold the position of an assistant architect in London office, in Gerald Shenstone and Partners he was a project architect, and in Unit 4 Architects and Planners, he was a partner. Also he was a convenor of Aga Khan Award for Architect. After that he worked as a consultant in Jakarta, Indonesia. Khan was also a secretariat of the Aga Khan and a head of architectural activities. In the Institute of Ismaili Studies he was a consultant, and in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture he was a visiting associate professor. He hold the position of an architect and home renovator. In Concept Media Ltd. (publishing company) he was a member of board of directors. In Zamana Gallery Ltd. he was a member of board of directors, in Baltit Heritage Trust he was a member of board of trustees. The last but not least was his working in Aga Khan Trust for Culture as a director of special projects and public education and a consultant to Rockefellef Foundation.
Hasan-Uddin was a contributor of articles and reviews to architecture journals and other periodicals, including Journal of Architectural Education, Criticism in Architecture, Architecture U.S.A., and Space. Also there should be named such fact as his researches on North American mosques and on pluralism and its cultural expressions.
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Quotations:
My primary motivation for writing is a desire to help promote a dialogue about architecture in Asia and Africa. This is neglected in general architectural discourse. We need to build bridges between people of the ‘west’ and the ‘east.’ My perspective is that of an international nomad and a man of both east and west—a cultural hybrid.
Having been very lucky in my wide set of experiences, I feel the need to communicate them and the ideas I have developed, partly as a way of sorting them out for myself.
I have been influenced by various architectural writers and actual practitioners, but by no one in particular more than others.
Khan married Karen R. Longeteig on January 7, 1977. The couple has 2 children: Ayesha and Zehra.