Public Architecture of Peshawar

Peshawar city has a well-built historic architectural and cultural background. The architecture of Peshawar is the amalgamation of locally evolved architectural elements and a number of styles introduced by foreign invaders. The architectural documentation of the city’s architecture is being neglected. The task is to study of contemporary public buildings in Peshawar and analyze and document. Public Architecture identifies and solves practical problems of human interaction in the built environment and acts as a catalyst for public discourse. This research will study the public buildings which are built after independence with the reference to art and design form and ideology and also this research will investigate the approach adopted during the design of these buildings composition of climatic influences cultural actors and many other factors shaping up buildings.