Architects: Yasmeen Lari

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Society & Culture, Education, History

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Yasmeen Lari (1941-present) is Pakistan’s first female architect and an influential figure in the intersection of architecture and social justice. Though she built her career designing “starchitect” buildings for oil interests and private parties in Pakistan, she shifted at the top of her game to what she calls “barefoot architecture,” focusing on the social consequences of architecture and historical conservation in rural villages.

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1:13.0	architects. These women held fast to their visions for better futures, found potential in negative
1:18.8	space, and built their creations from the ground up. Today, we're talking about the first woman to be recognized as an architect in Pakistan.
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1:49.0	Please welcome Yassimini Lari.
1:53.0	Yossimine was born in 1941 in southwestern Punjab,
1:58.0	which a few years later would become part of the new nation of Pakistan.
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