(This paper was presented for discussion purposes at the UN University's Workshop for its Urban Sustainable Futures Programme. The Workshop which was held in New York 09 - 10 July 2007 brought together about 20 academics and practitioners from around the globe.)>> More
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Future Reflections Iconic Architecture: Transition from eyesores to icons-Dr.Faisal Manzoor Arain
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Most of the eminent buildings received significant bad press in their early days. However, they traveled the path from being considered eyesores to icons, establishing the fact that familiarity doesn't always breed contempt. - >> More
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Design Discovery Pakistan
Inauguration of International Summer Studio on ‘Future Work Places’-Ar. Farida G
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"It was the ever first opportunity for the students of various architectural schools across the nation to meet at one place and participate in such a long workshop", . >> More
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PCATP will Make DDP Mandatory to Earn Credits” - Shahab Ghani Khan
Closing Ceremony of International Summer Studio- Report and Photography Ar. Farida G |
Upon successful completion of the International Summer Studio on July 14, 2007, a celebration was made in the evening in the honor of all participating students and faculty members>> More
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New Wonders of the World |
LISBON: Seven "new" wonders of the world including the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal and the Colosseum in Rome were chosen overnight by nearly 100 million Internet and phone voters, upsetting purists.>> More
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Walled City Project Delayed By Intikhab Hanif |
LAHORE: The actual execution of the pilot project of the Walled City’s sustainable plan, launched with a fanfare on Jan 24 by Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi, has been delayed under pressure from the World Bank. >> More
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6th IAHH International Student Design Competition 2008 Planning and Designing a Micro-cosmic Sustainable Humane Habitat
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The International Association for Humane Habitat (IAHH) is pleased to announce its sixth International Student Design Competition on the theme of planning and designing a micro-cosmic sustainable urban / rural humane habitat>> More
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An Initiative Responded Positively
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Bringing students of various institutions across Pakistan closer to each other and giving them an opportunity to work together for 2 weeks was a commendable effort initiated by the Department of Architecture, >> More
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Architect on Architecture
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Design philosophy is like a seed from which architecture is going to emerge. It is never fixed and keeps on oscillating between past, present and future.>> More |
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I see Pakistani architecture completely devoid of its identity and meaning. It lacks in its character like we do as Pakistanis. As Pakistanis, we are becoming lover of foreign dresses, language, eating habits etc. >> More
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Criticism and Virtue By Joseph Rykwert |
If our professional father Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (active 46 - 30 BC) is to be believed, some of the earliest human speech was architectural criticism. The accidental discovery of a forest fire and the comfort it gave them led men to come together in societies, in which they communicated first with gesture and inarticulate noises>> More
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Dr.Faisal Manzoor Arain |
Tendering and bidding is critical in the business process in construction industry and appears to be the special area to be improved>> More |
