Staff Reporter
Pakistan’s first female architect Yasmeen Lari was named as the winner of the prestigious Jane Drew Prize 2020 for her contribution to raising the profile of women in design and architecture.
The prize is named after Jane Drew who advocated for female inclusion in a male-dominated profession. It is part of the Architects’ Journal and Architectural Record’s W Awards, formerly known as the Women in Architecture Awards. Other previous winners of the award include Odile Decq, Grafton Architects’ founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, Kathryn Findlay of Ushida Findlay and Eva Jiiná.
The 79-year-old is now among the ranks of other famous architects such as Amanda Levete, Zaha Hadid, Denise Scott Brown and Elizabeth Diller. Yasmeen Lari, a Karachi-based architect is known for creating the city’s many landmark buildings.
