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I am doing so with great apprehension that my views and ideas may no longer have any validity or be realistic to the prevailing state of the profession, due to my long absence from Pakistan, and being detached from the profession for over 35 years.

— Pyarali Merali

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All this time the architect has to act as a teacher and a builder has to keep cool, have great patience, and has to maintain leadership and control of the project, to avoid undue distortion of the design.

Most clients I had to deal with, in terms of designing their houses were quite sophisticated, highly educated, successful in their respective domains, and cultured in their manner, with a liberal outlook.

Once under construction, the design goes through many tortuous changes, and time-consuming site meetings at every stage of the advancement of the construction, but it is finally a great relief when it is all over after a good period of 12 to 15 months

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