About Syed Fawad Hussain

Syed Fawad Hussain is an architect and philosopher with an academic background in both fields. He is the founder and Principal Architect at Metropolitan Studio of Architecture and also heads the works of MSA-RI and MSA Collaborative. Prior to establishing a full-time practice in 2009, he worked as an independent architect and educator. He has been part of prestigious Architecture Design institutes of Pakistan throughout his career. He is currently an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the School of Architecture Design and Urbanism at proposed University of Culture & Art (UCA) and Associate Professor at Interior Design Department at the National College of Arts (NCA). Apart from playing an active role in academia, Syed Fawad Hussain is also editor of the newsletter and journal of Institute of Architects of Pakistan (IAP). He is currently serving as vice president of Institute of Architects of Pakistan, Lahore chapter. He has also been honored to represent Pakistan and IAP internationally as a member of ARCASIA committee on Green and Sustainable Architecture (ACGSA). Syed Fawad Hussain is a regular visitor to the schools of architecture for architectural crits and also served as a jury member for various prestigious awards. Recently he had been the part of the jury for the international student competition named Nippon Young Designers Award (NYDA) as platinum judge at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.