Islamabad
,
Pakistan
, Asia
Year
1959
latitude: 33° 42'
longitude: 73° 10'
Period
Initiator(s)
President Ayub Kahn
Planning organization
Nationality initiator(s)
Designer(s) / Architect(s)
Constantinos Doxiadis
Design organization
Doxiadis Associates
Inhabitants
500,000
Target population
Town website
http://www.islamabad.net
Town related links
Literature
- 'Architecture in transition', C.A. Doxiadis, 1968
type of New Town:
> scale of autonomy
New-Town-in-Town
Satellite
New Town
Company Town
> client
Private Corporation
Public Corporation
> policy
Capital
Decentralization
Industrialization
Resettlement
Economic
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