Abdur Rahman Hye

Abdur Rahman Hye (Urdu: عبد الرحمن حئی; 17 December 1919 – 18 September 2008) was a Pakistani architect and a pioneer of institutional architectures in Pakistan.

He received his architecture degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1951 and was admitted to the membership of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

This experience influenced his architecture and his philosophy, and once he returned home he specialised in using indigenous resources to provide maximum comfort.

Hye moved to East Pakistan after his return, where his education and background gave him the opportunity to use his skills to influence the architectural landscape of his country at a very early stage.

Thus in the 1950s, early in his career, Hye became the Chief Town planner of the port city of Chittagong.

He was responsible for the architectural design of all government buildings in the cities and towns of West Pakistan, including Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Jhelum, Bahawalpur, Sialkot, Gujrat, Mardan, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Hyderabad, Mianwali, and Kalabagh.

He remained in this position until West Pakistan was broken into four provinces, after the resignation of President Ayub Khan.

A. R. Hye and wife Qudsia at a historic Mughal Architecture site in Lahore