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    This book provides a comprehensive look at the evolution of Karachi's architecture and urban development under various political influences. It details Karachi's transformation from a small fishing village into a major port city under British rule and later as the capital of independent Pakistan. The book is divided into three parts that discuss Karachi's early history, the development of a "dual character" under different political systems, and the architectural styles of notable buildings from the colonial period to the 20th century. The book aims to construct an authentic historical account of Karachi using uncovered maps, drawings and records, and provides important context for heritage preservation in the city.

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    This book provides a comprehensive look at the evolution of Karachi's architecture and urban development under various political influences. It details Karachi's transformation from a small fishing village into a major port city under British rule and later as the capital of independent Pakistan. The book is divided into three parts that discuss Karachi's early history, the development of a "dual character" under different political systems, and the architectural styles of notable buildings from the colonial period to the 20th century. The book aims to construct an authentic historical account of Karachi using uncovered maps, drawings and records, and provides important context for heritage preservation in the city.

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    This book provides a comprehensive look at the evolution of Karachi's architecture and urban development under various political influences. It details Karachi's transformation from a small fishing village into a major port city under British rule and later as the capital of independent Pakistan. The book is divided into three parts that discuss Karachi's early history, the development of a "dual character" under different political systems, and the architectural styles of notable buildings from the colonial period to the 20th century. The book aims to construct an authentic historical account of Karachi using uncovered maps, drawings and records, and provides important context for heritage preservation in the city.

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    Assignment No.

    2
    Urbanism: Theory and Practice
    Book Summary
    Submitted by: Maria Sajid Zaheer
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    The Dual City: Karachi during the Raj


    Authors: Yasmeen Lari & Mihail S. Lari.

    This book is compiled by the renowned architect Yasmeen Lari and Mihail S. Lari. Architect and
    Conservationist Yasmeen Lari is known as the CEO of Heritage Foundation and for her social
    services in architecture.

    This comprehensive book laden with illustrations and maps provides an insightful look at the
    evolution of architecture and urban fabric Karachi's under various influences and political orders
    of their time. The book is rather presented as an expressive combination of historical
    documentary, architectural history and social observation. The authors have attempted to weave
    altogether an account on politics, life and buildings of Karachi, the largest and richest city of
    Pakistan which also served as the first capital of Pakistan soon after its Independence in 1947.
    The book enable the readers to travel through the time reminiscence starting from Alexander’s
    Krokola and Debal of Muhammad Bin Qasim hinting to today’s Karachi. What was initially a
    small fishing village transformed into a major port and an important city during the British
    Empire; and finally becoming the largest and prominent city of Independent Pakistan.
    The book is important in a sense that it provided a knowledge premise for the preservation of
    historic buildings in Karachi after the promulgation of Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation)
    Act.
    The book is valuable in the sense that it toiled to present a comprehensive and authentic record
    of the past as previously not enough historic records were available on the subject. Map,
    drawings, and manuscripts were uncovered from Pakistan, India and London.
    The book is divided into three parts where the first part presents a consolidated history of
    Karachi talking about three different durations i.e. the first talks about Karachi’s history as
    fishermen’s village i.e. Krokola or Kalachi-jo-Ghote; the second part talks about the British
    Interest in Sindh while the third duration is based on the British’s annexation of Sindh.
    However, the second part of the book talks about the development of Karachi during the times of
    different political representations in the region. The name ‘Dual Karachi’ is basically elaborated
    in this section of the book which means that the city because of staying under several political
    influences adopted a rather peculiar attitude and development pattern exhibiting a dual character
    of the city. The second part of the book also talks about the planning and development of the
    city, its several quarters and its transformation into a modern city.
    The third and the final part of the book talks about various architectural styles and puts forth the
    renowned buildings categorized under these movements. This section covers the Early Colonial
    period, the Christian and the Indo-Gothic, several architectural patterns, the local culture of the
    city, the Anglo Mughal architecture which was considered appropriate for the late nineteenth
    century and finally talks about the wide-ranging architectural styles of the twentieth century.

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