Wednesday 5 February 2020

CONSTANTINOS DOXIADIS ~ THE GREEK ARCHITECT OF ISLAMABAD


Islamabad was designed by a Greek architect, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, and his firm. The city design was based on a grid plan. At that time, C. A. Doxiadis was implementing large projects in housing, urban and regional development in more than 40 countries.

Read more details about the Islamabad project by the firm, here:- https://www.doxiadis.org/Downloads/Islamabad_project_publ.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0tRDBAUZpglyuvsGfQfoK0UYhYdwwNmcVQVDv5FBkUTaYNav9vicnCD3s

Image: Dr. C. A. Doxiadis presenting his first ideas on the Master Plan of Islamabad, in February 1960
Source : Chief Commissioner Islamabad  Facebook Page

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