Nabiha is a registered architect with the Council of Architecture in India, and she specialises in Architectural Conservation. She completed her master’s degree in this field at the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi in 2022, and also holds certificates from IIT Kharagpur. She has worked on heritage sites in North India and a UNESCO site in Myanmar. One of her key achievements includes contributing to the award-winning Adaptive Reuse of Rambagh Gate under the HRIDAY scheme. Her passion for preserving historic buildings is clear, especially in her discovery of an historic, previously unmapped baoli (well) in India.
In October 2023, Nabiha joined PBA. Since then, she has been involved in several projects, including the Royal Hospital Stables, where she is learning how to adapt old buildings for modern use. Through regular site visits, she is gaining hands-on experience with construction work and learning how to manage the technical details of a live project.
Currently, she is researching English chapel architecture for a new project at Lavender Hill Cemetery. This has been an exciting opportunity for her to explore the unique features of these buildings. Her work is helping her understand how to protect historic places while making them useful for today’s needs, and she’s also learning how time and weather affect buildings in London.