Isaac Fola-Alade

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Isaac Fola-Alade
Born
Isaac Folayan Alade

(1933-11-24)24 November 1933
Aramoko,
1004 Housing Estate
  • National Stadium, Lagos
  • Federal Secretariat building, Ikoyi, Lagos
  • Nigerian Embassy buildings
    • ProjectsSatellite Town, Lagos
    Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos

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

    Nigerian architect.[1][2]

    Biography

    Education

    Isaac attended St Phillips Elementary School in Aramoko,

    Commonwealth Scholarship.[3]

    Career

    After his post-professional training, he became an associate 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. 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.[citation needed]

    Personal life

    Fola Alade married Yemi in 1961. They had five children.[4] Fola Alade passed on June 19 th 2021 at the age of 87[5]

    Selected works

    References

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      ISBN 9789783607903
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    2. ^ a b "Isaac Fola-Alade". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
    3. ^ a b "EKITI LAUREATE: Chief (Architect) Isaac Fola Alade, OFR. FNIA, D.Sc. Hons. THE ASIWAJU Of ARAMOKO-EKITI". Ekiti Defender. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
    4. ISBN 9789780622145
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    5. ^ "Designer of 1004 Flats Housing Estate is Dead". Premium Times.
    6. ISBN 9789783153721
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    7. ^ "Isaac Fola Alade". Tell Magazine (44–49, 52). Tell Communications Limited: 16. 2003.
    8. ISSN 0261-1570
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    9. ISBN 9789782066138
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    10. ISBN 9789782704122
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    11. ^ "Nigeria: Indigenes Charged On Community Development". AllAfrica. Lagos, Nigeria: ThisDay. 19 April 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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