Rustom Sohrab Rustomji

Rustom Sohrab Rustomji was a Pakistani architect.

Life and career

Early life

Rustomji was born in Karachi on 30 August 1917.

Institute of Architects, Pakistan

In the 1950s, he along with 10 other practising architects including two foreigners; M. A. Ahed, Tajuddin Bhamani, Minoo Mistry, Pir Mohammad, Abdulhusein M. Thariani, H. H. Khan, Mehdi Ali Mirza, Zahiruddn Khawaja, Bloomfield and Peter Powell, formed the Institute of Architects, Pakistan. He signed the Institute's Memorandum of Association.

Before 1947

In late 1943, he became the state architect of Bikaner.

After 1947

In 1947, after independence was announced, he was offered a partnership in the firm, D.H. Daruvala & Co in Karachi and moved back to the city. He remained with the firm thereafter.
Rustomji died around 2016.