Dr. Yasmeen Lari is Pakistan’s first female architect and co-founder of the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan. After a career as a leading commercial architect, she shifted her focus to humanitarian architecture. She pioneered what she calls Barefoot Social Architecture, a model for self-built, resilient, low-carbon housing using local materials and craft. This approach has resulted in the construction of some 40,000 refugee homes.

I am Landscape Architecture – your outdoorsy cousin who missed the last few family gatherings. I know this publication is more for your crowd – so I thought posting here might grab your attention.

It’s a lengthy journey from Dubai’s original city center to the Expo City Dubai grounds, which hosted the UN Climate Change Conference known as COP28. One can either hire a car and fight Dubai traffic for 40 minutes, or take the elevated train for an hour and half.

Last month, Architecture 2030 sent a robust delegation to COP28 and tapped a talented crew as virtual delegates. Altogether, the NGO was represented by 21 people representing multiple disciplines and perspectives. I asked several of them to share their impressions after the event closed.