The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has decided to give its Gold Medal to the Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari, in recognition of the humanitarian work she has undertaken since her retirement in 2000, as the announcement states. Known as

The Guardian   Oliver Wainwright   She created gilded monuments to corporate excess. But now Yasmeen Lari is building mud huts for the poor. As she wins the Jane Drew prize, Pakistan’s first female architect looks back on an extraordinary life.  A mirrored glass ziggurat stands on a c