{"product_id":"yasmeen-lari-isbn-9780262546096","title":"Yasmeen Lari","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rich exploration of the extraordinary life and work of celebrated architect Yasmeen Lari, winner of the 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter more than three decades as a renowned global architect, Yasmeen Lari, the first woman to open her own architecture firm in Pakistan in 1964, developed Zero Carbon Architecture, which unites ecological and social justice. This volume, edited by Angelika Fitz, Elke Krasny, and Marvi Mazhar, presents Lari’s trajectory from exemplary modernist to zero carbon revolutionary, with a focus on her remarkable contributions to the global architectural movement to decarbonize and decolonize. The book includes extensive photographs, drawings, and plans from Lari’s archive, most of which have not previously been shown or published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLari’s architectural thinking and activism have always gone beyond the quest for a singular built solution. Rather, she strategically plans systemic approaches and solutions, be it for housing, a heritage foundation, or zero-carbon shelters with communities at risk. Original essays from diverse international contributors contextualize Lari’s work; investigate architecture and the postimperial, postcolonial, and postpartition condition; and examine the intersections of architecture and human rights, climate change, decolonization, gender, care, activism, and vernacular innovation. More than a tribute to Yasmeen Lari’s extraordinary career, this volume brings her legacy forward and shows how to create change today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbira Ashfaq, Cassandra Cozza, Angelika Fitz, Runa Kahn, Anne Karpf, Elke Krasny, Marvi Mazhar, Chris Moffat, Anila Naeem, Raquel Rolnik, Helen Thomas, Rafia ZakariaIntroduction Yasmeen Lari Projects, Contexts, Concerns\u003cbr\u003eYasmeen Lari Architecture for the Future 10\u003cbr\u003eAngelika Fitz and Elke Krasny\u003cbr\u003eKarachi Modernism: Postcolonial Living 26\u003cbr\u003eAngelika Fitz\u003cbr\u003eHousing Equality: Innovating Modernism and Tradition 36\u003cbr\u003eElke Krasny\u003cbr\u003eIcons for a Karachi Boulevard 48\u003cbr\u003eAngelika Fitz\u003cbr\u003eMaterial Ecologies: Building the Local 58\u003cbr\u003eElke Kransy, with additional research by Marvi Mazhar\u003cbr\u003eHeritage as Future: Decolonizing Legacies 72\u003cbr\u003eElke Krasny\u003cbr\u003eBuilding Policies, Laws, and Institutions 88\u003cbr\u003eAngelika Fitz\u003cbr\u003eThe Architect as Humanitarian Worker 96\u003cbr\u003eElke Krasny, with additional research by Marvi Mazhar\u003cbr\u003eA Zero-Carbon Revolution in Architecture 104\u003cbr\u003eAngelika Fitz\u003cbr\u003eEssentials for Life 120 \u003cbr\u003eAngelika Fitz\u003cbr\u003e\"Every decision has a global impact.\" 140\u003cbr\u003eYasmeen Lari in Conversation with Angelika Fitz and Elke Krasny \u003cbr\u003eKarachi, 2022\u003cbr\u003ePakistan Under Construction 154\u003cbr\u003eChris Moffat\u003cbr\u003eThe Blossoming World of Yasmeen Lari 166\u003cbr\u003eHelen Thomas\u003cbr\u003eRecognition for Built Heritage: A Continuing Struggle 173\u003cbr\u003eAnila Naeem\u003cbr\u003eKarachi: Neoliberal Infrastructural Decisions and Development Crisis 183\u003cbr\u003eMarvi Mazhar\u003cbr\u003eThe Gendered Impacts of Climate Change in Karachi 193\u003cbr\u003eAbira Ashfaq\u003cbr\u003eThe Right to Housing 201\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Raquel Rolnik by Elke Krasny\u003cbr\u003eCare by Design: Women, Change, and the Climate Crisis 206\u003cbr\u003eAnne Karpf\u003cbr\u003eA Building Becomes More Beautiful by Its Usage 213\u003cbr\u003eRuna Khan\u003cbr\u003eThe Stove Solution: Yasmeen Lari and the Reclamation of Feminist Knowledge 220\u003cbr\u003eRafia Zakaria\u003cbr\u003eTeaching Zero-Carbon Design Methodologies 226\u003cbr\u003eCassandra Cozza\u003cbr\u003eBuilding, Wounding, and the Future: On Planetary Care 234\u003cbr\u003eElke Krasny\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 246\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Authors 249\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editors 253\u003cbr\u003eAbout Yasmeen Lari 255\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 265\u003cbr\u003eIndex 277\u003cbr\u003eImprint 285“Strong words from a strong woman who, throughout her life, has been on the road less travelled.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By placing the daily experiences of women and their roles as guardians of nature at the center of her work, Lari sets a precedent from which both architects and activists can learn.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eArch Daily\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A compelling tribute to an architect who has challenged the status quo and redefined the boundaries of her profession. . . . As the world grapples with the urgent need for sustainable solutions, Yasmeen Lari's approach to architecture provides a glimmer of hope for a more inclusive and sustainable future.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTIR World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“The world of Yasmeen Lari invites us to shift the axes of our worlds to other bodies of knowledge, literacies and imaginations. A much-desired discourse for our time.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sumayya Vally, Principal of Counterspace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Yasmeen Lari exemplifies the architect as an immense force for a more sustainable and humane world. From early in her career, she understood the necessity for architecture to participate expansively in building our societies. Her work remains a true inspiration.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Lori Brown, Professor, School of Architecture, Syracuse University; co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture, 1960–2015\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngelika Fitz\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator and writer and Director of Architekturzentrum Wien, the Austrian Architecture Museum in Vienna. \u003cb\u003eElke Krasny\u003c\/b\u003e is a cultural theorist, urban researcher, and curator, and is Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Introducing a critical care perspective, Fitz and Krasny initiated a paradigm shift in architecture and urbanism. \u003cb\u003eMarvi Mazhar\u003c\/b\u003e is an architect and researcher based in Karachi, Pakistan.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303870353637,"sku":"NP9780262546096","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262546096.jpg?v=1767744670","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/yasmeen-lari-isbn-9780262546096","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}