Isaac Fola-Alade Explained

Isaac Fola-Alade
Birth Name:Isaac Folayan Alade
Birth Date:1933 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Aramoko, Ekiti State, Nigeria
Spouse:Eunice Yemi Alade
Children:5
Practice:Fola Alade Associates
Significant Projects:Satellite Town, Lagos
Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos
Alma Mater:Christ's School Ado Ekiti
Ahmadu Bello University
Architectural Association, London

Chief Isaac Folayan Alade, FNIA, D.Sc, OFR (24 November 1933 – 19 June 2021) was a Nigerian architect.

Biography

Education

Isaac attended St Phillips Elementary School in Aramoko, Ekiti and Christ's School, Ado Ekiti for his secondary education. In 1961, he graduated from the Nigerian College of Arts & Sciences and Technology Zaria (now Ahmadu Bello University) as one of the first four pioneer architecture graduates. Thereafter, he completed his post graduate studies at the Architectural Association School of Tropical Studies, London, in 1965, on a Commonwealth Scholarship offer.

Career

After his post-professional training, he became an associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (R.I.B.A.) and Architects' Registration Council of the United Kingdom (ARCUK) in 1963. He joined the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing as a Resident architect in the old Western Region and later Lagos City Council. In 1969, he became the first Registrar of the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON). He later joined the Federal Civil Service. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health of the UK (F.R.S.H.) in 1965. He became Chief Project Architect in 1972, and the Director of Public Buildings in 1975. He was the first architect to become a Federal Permanent Secretary in 1976, a post he held until his retirement in 1979, after which he established his private practice, Fola Alade Associates, in 1979.[1] He served as the General Secretary of the Nigerian Institute of Architects. He was appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the Federal University of Port Harcourt in 1990.Fola Alade was awarded an OFR and he became a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Architects. He also held several traditional titles including the Maiyegun of Aramoko.[2]

Personal life

Fola Alade married Yemi in 1961. They had five children.[3] Fola Alade passed on June 19 th 2021 at the age of 87[4]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chief (Arc.) Isaac Fola Alade . 2024-07-06 . www.architect-folaalade.com.
  2. Web site: Chief (Arc.) Isaac Fola Alade . 2024-07-06 . www.architect-folaalade.com.
  3. Book: This I Believe: The Philosophies and Personal Histories of 24 Eminent Nigerian Achievers. Dipo Ajayi. 111. Prestige Associates (Indiana University). 2004. 9789780622145.
  4. News: Designer of 1004 Flats Housing Estate is Dead. Premium Times.
  5. Book: Nigerian Bureaucracy: Development, Ecology & Management. E. K. Akintoye. Alsun International. 2001. 28. 9789783607903.
  6. Book: The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies :: the story so far (1979-1995). Nathaniel Motunbade Adeyemi. Kraun Publishers. 1996. 9789783153721.
  7. Isaac Fola Alade . Tell Magazine . 44–49; 52. Tell Communications Limited. 2003. 16.
  8. Web site: EKITI LAUREATE: Chief (Architect) Isaac Fola Alade, OFR. FNIA, D.Sc. Hons. THE ASIWAJU Of ARAMOKO-EKITI. 26 September 2018. Ekiti Defender.
  9. Book: Africa Who's who (Know Africa). 0261-1570. Raph Uwechue. 148. Africa Journal Limited. 1991. 9780903274173.
  10. Book: 2000 Foremost Nigerians: 200 profiles. 1. Olugbemi Fatula. Centre for Multiperspective Projects (Nigeria), UNIFECS. Caltop Publications. 2000. 9789782066138. 129–131.
  11. Book: Who's who in Nigeria. Bankole Makinde. Newswatch. 2001. 9789782704122. 558.
  12. Web site: Isaac Fola-Alade. Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. 26 September 2018.
  13. News: 19 April 2006. AllAfrica. 26 September 2018. ThisDay. Lagos, Nigeria. Nigeria: Indigenes Charged On Community Development.