Zahra Hussain - <p><span style="font-style: italic;">Click the download button for the text in Urdu.&nbsp;</span></p><blockquote>"This booklet contains parts, but not
all, of my book <span style="font-style: italic;">Unified Architectural
Theory</span> (International English Edition
published by Vajra Books,
Kathmandu, Nepal, 2013). These
readings together present an
approach to architecture that is very
different from the way it is currently
taught, and suggest a new attitude
towards the discipline itself. For this
reason, I believe they can be quite
useful to architecture students in the
Urdu-speaking world.&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote>There is another reason for this
translation. I wanted to reach out
beyond academic architecture (where
many people are schooled in English),
to those who cannot read my original
book. Widespread damage to culture
occurs when common people are
influenced by extractive globalism to
build against human nature, and
politicians approve monstrous
buildings just because they see those
images in the media. The Urdu speaking
world has a beautiful
tradition of architecture set in a
characteristically complex urban
fabric, and contemporary architects
and urbanists should pay more
attention to those. I hope that after
reading this book, clients and local
government officials can feel secure
enough to respect their local
architectural traditions. Backed by the
arguments that I offer, intelligent
people can insist that thousands of
years of culture, including practical
knowledge about low-cost
sustainability, not be violated by
flashy and unsustainable alien
importations.&nbsp;</blockquote><blockquote>I profoundly thank Zahra Hussain,
through whose invaluable help this
work can now reach a wider audience
in the Urdu-speaking world. I am
extremely happy to present this novel
approach to building and design to a
new generation of young architects."</blockquote><div>--Nikos Salingaros, November 2016<br></div>
Unified Architectural Theory (Urdu)
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book
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2016

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"This booklet contains parts, but not all, of my book Unified Architectural Theory (International English Edition published by Vajra Books, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2013). These readings together present an approach to architecture that is very different from the way it is currently taught, and suggest a new attitude towards the discipline itself. For this reason, I believe they can be quite useful to architecture students in the Urdu-speaking world. 
There is another reason for this translation. I wanted to reach out beyond academic architecture (where many people are schooled in English), to those who cannot read my original book. Widespread damage to culture occurs when common people are influenced by extractive globalism to build against human nature, and politicians approve monstrous buildings just because they see those images in the media. The Urdu speaking world has a beautiful tradition of architecture set in a characteristically complex urban fabric, and contemporary architects and urbanists should pay more attention to those. I hope that after reading this book, clients and local government officials can feel secure enough to respect their local architectural traditions. Backed by the arguments that I offer, intelligent people can insist that thousands of years of culture, including practical knowledge about low-cost sustainability, not be violated by flashy and unsustainable alien importations. 
I profoundly thank Zahra Hussain, through whose invaluable help this work can now reach a wider audience in the Urdu-speaking world. I am extremely happy to present this novel approach to building and design to a new generation of young architects."
--Nikos Salingaros, November 2016
Citation

Salingaros, Nikos. Unified Architectural Theory: Urdu Translation. Preface by Zahra Hussain. Rawalpindi, Pakistan: LAAJVERD, 2016. 

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