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Pakistani Buildings : Architecture
Key Contemporary Property Developments + Buildings in Pakistan, South Asia
post updated 26 January 2026
12 Dec 2011
Pakistan Architecture Design
DHA City, Karachi, southern Pakistan
Design: RMJM
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Pakistan Masterplan
RMJM’s Dubai studio has unveiled an ambitious masterplan for a new city near Karachi.
In partnership with Doxiadis and Osmani Associates along with Professor Spiro Pollalis as chief planner, RMJM won a design competition in August 2010 to undertake the master planning study of DHA City in Karachi on an 11,640 acre rural site.
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Pakistan Buildings
This page contains a selection of major Pakistani building designs, with links to individual project pages. The Editors select what we feel are the key Pakistani Architecture, but additions are always welcome.
e-architect cover completed Pakistan buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Austria. The focus is on contemporary Pakistani buildings but information on traditional architecture is also welcome.
Major modern Pakistani Buildings + Architectural Projects, alphabetical:
British Council Cultural Relations & Learning Centre, Karachi
2007
Manser Practice
This property design is by a British architectural office.
KPT Tower, Mai Kolachi, Port of Karachi
Dates: 2007-11
Design: Aedas Architects
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KPT Tower Pakistan
78 storeys, 330m high; £245m approx.
Tenders for a landmark waterside development at Mai Kolachi adjacent to the Port of Karachi have been received and are currently being evaluated following the implementation of Aedas’ international competition-winning design for a mixed-use scheme.
Endorsed in 2007 by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the development will command an iconic presence and provide an instantly recognisable beacon to Pakistan’s principal city of Karachi and the country’s largest sea port.
United States Embassy, Karachi
Date built: 1963
Design: Richard Neutra Architects
Neutra was an Austrian-American architect based for most of his career in Southern California. He was an important modernist architect known across the world.
More modern Pakistan Architecture online soon.
Location: Pakistan, South Asia.
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Buildings in countries near Pakistan
National Assembly, Dacca, Bangladesh
Dates built: 1962-74
Louis Kahn Architect
aka Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, Dhaka
Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky, 1901 – 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He founded his architecture practice in this US city in 1935.
Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
2005
Studio Libeskind Architects
Daniel Libeskind is a world-famous architect with its head office in New York City.
Flooding in Pakistan – Rebuilding
2010 – Monthly Report from Article 25
photo © Ejaz’s Blog http://ejaz.blog.com/
Flooding in Pakistan
Indian Architecture
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Pakistan Architecture
Images from the Pakistan Earthquake Zone reconstruction assisted by Article 25:
Onsite training of carpenters:
Buildings were constructed with entirely locally sourced materials, including multi coated layers of local mud render:
Many sites are in very remote and mountainous areas:
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New Architecture Design
Contemporary Building Designs – recent architectural selection from e-architect below:
Arzu Rugs, Afghanistan – Design by Zaha Hadid Architects
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Buildings / photos for the Pakistan Architecture Design Developments page welcome.