A rich exploration of the extraordinary life and work of celebrated architect Yasmeen Lari
winner of the 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. After 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. Lari’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. Contributors: Abira Ashfaq Cassandra Cozza Angelika Fitz Runa Kahn Anne Karpf
Elke Krasny Marvi Mazhar Chris Moffat Anila Naeem Raquel Rolnik Helen Thomas Rafia
Zakaria
