The Most Famous
ARCHITECTS from Pakistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Pakistani Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 424 Architects, 1 of which were born in Pakistan. This makes Pakistan the birth place of the 46th most number of Architects behind Morocco and Croatia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Pakistani Architects of all time. This list of famous Pakistani Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ustad Ahmad Lahori (1580 - 1649)
With an HPI of 50.79, Ustad Ahmad Lahori is the most famous Pakistani Architect. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Ustad Ahmad Lahori (c.1580–1649) also known as Ahmad Ma'mar Lahori was the chief Mughal architect and engineer during the reign of emperor Shah Jahan. He was responsible for the construction of several Mughal monuments, including the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Red fort in Delhi; both of which are World Heritage sites. He also designed the Jama Mosque in Delhi. Considered greatest of the Mughal architects, Ahmad Lahori came from an illustrious family of architects and civil engineers. He was a skilled engineer who, owing to his architectural abilities, received the title of Nadir-ul-Asar (wonder of the age) from Shah Jahan. His architecture is a combination of Indo-Islamic and Persian architectural styles, and thus a major example of Indo-Persian culture. The architecture of Taj Mahal is widely praised around the world, enabling it to be listed among the Wonders of the World.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as architects born between 1580 and 1580. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased architects include Ustad Ahmad Lahori. As of April 2022, 1 new architects have been added to Pantheon including Ustad Ahmad Lahori.
