SEVVA restaurant, Downtown Lake City, Lahore — photograph

Architecture · Interior · Landscape — Gujranwala · Lahore

RashidaHadidArchitects

Every project here begins as ink on paper. Move across the drawing and it becomes the building.

Plate I SEVVA Downtown Lake City, Lahore Photograph · built 2025

    The modelSun 10:00

    The drawing, standing.

    Move your pointer — the sun followsScroll — it draws, it builds, then night falls

    Before you build · a free plot check

    Which way does your plot face?

    Choose the side your road is on. See where the Punjab sun really falls on your house in summer and winter, and what that means for your rooms.

    Road on
    Plot
    Season
    15:30
    Sunrise
    Sunset
    Sun height
    House shadow

    Plan my plot with RHA →

    General guidance for Gujranwala & Lahore, 32° N, in solar time. RHA studies every plot on site.

    Design · how a form is found

    One line, five decisions.

    1. 01A single strokeEvery design starts as one line, drawn by hand.
    2. 02The siteThe land is read first: its levels, edges and neighbours.
    3. 03The forcesSun, wind and the street push and pull the idea.
    4. 04The formThe lines settle into a shape that answers them.
    5. 05The buildingThe shape becomes floors people can live on.

    A drawing of how a form is found, not a specific RHA project · move through the lines

    Work · one day of RHA buildings

    Built in light.

    Method · House 1/10

    One house, from a single line.

    21′ × 72′ · 3 Marla · five bedrooms · four families · a bazaar street

    A simplified model, drawn after the studio's plans and section.

    01

    A blank sheet.

    Execution · on site to the end

    From bare plot to the keys.

    VII

    The lights come on, and the keys are handed over.

    Stages drawn for illustration · RHA designs and builds

      Studio · Gujranwala & Lahore

      One hand, four kinds of drawing.

      Rashida Hadid Architects designs houses, interiors, gardens and restaurants, and stays on site until they are built. Hover a drawing to bring it to life.

      Contact · the first consultation is free

      Let's draw your first line.

      Tell the studio three things. Your plot draws itself on the sheet, then send it straight to RHA.

      01 · What are we making?
      02 · How big is the plot?
      03 · Where?