2/3 of the world population have no link to professional architecture, it means 4.400.000.000 of people has not relation with academic knowledge of architecture. This book tries to explain how this knowledge can come to everywhere of our planet and how it can support to improve the lack of quality of life for natural disasters or social conflicts of millions of human beings. Via Archnet
Dr. Milinda Pathiraja, an alumni of the Department of Architecture of the Moratuwa University has won the 2011 RIBA President's Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis. He has carried our his doctoral thesis under the guidance of Prof. Paolo Tombesi at the University of Melbourne. Link for RIBA President's Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis. Milinda Pathiraja of the University of Melbourne: ...
"When my daughter was 7 years old, she asked, 'Daddy, why do you always talk about Frank Lloyd Wright so much?' "And I would tell her, 'Well, he was my teacher,' " recalls Phoenix architect and civic planner Vern Swaback. " 'Really?' she said. 'What grade?' " Read on
Mason, Barrett, Gilmour (seated), Waters and Wright British rock band Pink Floyd famously opined, “We don’t need no education,” and maybe they were right. The band was founded by a group of architecture students—Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright—at the Regent Street Polytechnic, now the University of Westminster, which served as the band’s first rehearsal space and performance ...
Student Jamboree is an annual event of SLIA organized by the Board of Architectural Education (BAE) commencing last year. Jamboree 2013 was held very successfully at the Army Detachment Camp, Belihuloya from 06th to 09th September 2013.Participants for the Jamboree were nearly 100 students in total from Department of Architecture of Moratuwa University (UOM) and the City School of Architecture, ...
Monorail has seen by many, especially architects and architectural students as the epitome modern, clean, sustainable public transport systems. And as a must for any 'sophisticated' city. But they failed to evolve beyond their city symbol image in to some thing more useful and affordable.And now city of Sydney has said enough is enough. Sydney has demolished its monorail line.Images: ...
The Resettlement Site, Uddakandahara, Yodakandiya , Tissamaharama, Sri Lanka Shortlisted for Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2010 cycle Architect/Planner: Architecture for Humanity / Susi Jane Platt Photos and information from Archnet
For the first time, SLIA (Sri Lanka Institute of Architects) has organized and successfully concluded a student jamboree for the architecture students of the island. Nearly 80 students from the 2 architecture schools (Mora and CSA) took part in this event. Event was hosted at the MAS Institute of Management and Technology (MIMT) at Thulhiriya from 17th to 19th August. ...
Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson, September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He was world champion in 1993. Later in his career, Armstrong competed in endurance competitions, including marathon running, marathon mountain bike racing, triathlon and Ironman competitions. He is best known for his performances in the Tour de France but in June ...
The Archigram Archival Project makes the work of the seminal architectural group Archigram available free online for public viewing and academic study. The project was run by EXP, an architectural research group at the University of Westminster. It was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and made possible by the members of Archigram and their heirs, who ...
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