Architect Arif Masoud is a graduate of Architecture (1969 to 1975 batch) from DCET, Karachi. In 1975 he went to Saudi Arabia and joined the A/E firm of Zuhair Fayez & Associates in Jeddah. He remained with this company for 25 years, out of which 22 years he was the Head of Architectural Design and remained as the Director of Design until 2003.

His passion to serve Pakistan was realized in 2002 when his design was chosen from among 22 other Designs by a 9 member jury selected by PCATP and Read More

Architect Arif Masoud is a graduate of Architecture (1969 to 1975 batch) from DCET, Karachi. In 1975 he went to Saudi Arabia and joined the A/E firm of Zuhair Fayez & Associates in Jeddah. He remained with this company for 25 years, out of which 22 years he was the Head of Architectural Design and remained as the Director of Design until 2003.

His passion to serve Pakistan was realized in 2002 when his design was chosen from among 22 other Designs by a 9 member jury selected by PCATP and Read More

Arif Masoud started his professional career in 1975. 20 years later he still did not have any house of his own in Pakistan. His Mother (like all mothers) wished for him to have one in his home country... The year was 1994 when her wish came true. He knew she would be happy if he gets a “plot” in the beautiful city of Islamabad... but he also knew that she would be happier if he gets a bigger piece of “Farmland" where she can have a life full of life of her own!

Therefore, he opted to go half an hour outside the city limits of Islamabad (but still within the Capital territory) to a place called Tumair. Though it was distant, she loved his move.

The 20 kanal land already had a chicken poultry SHED upon it. (Measuring 100’x30’)… This became an interesting Design challenge for him.. He had to have a contemporary style of living but with a “Country” flavored of Design. The answer lied in “adaptive re-use”. He had to have a connection of his life with Nature.

He had to provide “wheelchair walkways” throughout the farmland so that his mother can re-live her childhood time spent on a similar farm somewhere else... He planted trees of choice, plants of color and fragrance, brought in chirping birds, and swimming Ducks, Etc... All that is a part of Country Living... 25 years down the branch of Life, Now in 2021, BANJAEGE went to his abode and tried to capture a small essence of his Country Home...