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"""Master Plans and Encroachments offers a rich account of the history of development of a planned modernist city, which unlike its counterparts—Brasilia and Chandigarh—is relatively unknown to Western audiences. Faiza Moatasim details a fascinating story about Islamabad’s design and its transformations through informal urbanism that will appeal to architects, planners, urban designers, historians, and others interested in the development of cities."" * Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, University of California, Los Angeles * ""Faiza Moatasim’s insightful mapping of Islamabad establishes that the modern city and its architecture are not synonymous and cannot contain a single meaning. In her analysis, the usual binaries dissolve and form fluid protocols employed both by the elite and marginalized in unintended and often unanticipated ways. Master Plans and Encroachments constructs a robust foundation for establishing a theoretical framework for understanding the on-the-ground realities of emerging urbanism in multiple geographies."" * Rahul Mehrotra, Harvard University *"

""Master Plans and Encroachments offers a rich account of the history of development of a planned modernist city, which unlike its counterparts—Brasilia and Chandigarh—is relatively unknown to Western audiences. Faiza Moatasim details a fascinating story about Islamabad’s design and its transformations through informal urbanism that will appeal to architects, planners, urban designers, historians, and others interested in the development of cities."" * Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, University of California, Los Angeles * ""Faiza Moatasim’s insightful mapping of Islamabad establishes that the modern city and its architecture are not synonymous and cannot contain a single meaning. In her analysis, the usual binaries dissolve and form fluid protocols employed both by the elite and marginalized in unintended and often unanticipated ways. Master Plans and Encroachments constructs a robust foundation for establishing a theoretical framework for understanding the on-the-ground realities of emerging urbanism in multiple geographies."" * Rahul Mehrotra, Harvard University *

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Faiza Moatasim is Assistant Professor of Architecture in Urbanism and Urban Design at the School of Architecture, University of Southern California.

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