Since the last few decades the world population has been increasing in a faster rate. With the increasing population, the needs of the people have also increased. Because of that more people have lean towards to move to ...

Institutional architectural education in Bangladesh, started in 1961, has passed through around five decades within which the context has changed. The rapid growth of population, expansion of development works in public ...

How should architects educate themselves in Sri Lanka today? Approaching this question from the standpoint of cities, I will present in the form of theses the basic lessons to be drawn from attempts made by modernist ...

this paperfexamines two First Year Architecture Studio projects conducted at Unitec Department of Architecture, Auckland during the second semester of 2010. Discipline was at the heart of these Studios. Both projects ...

The main key to progress is education. It consolidates the foundation of future growth, which decides the destiny of the student. Overall development of students' character building through development of their mind, ...

The profound changes that are happening based on new discoveries and new interpretations, of the world not only changes Architecture "as we know it", but also demands a reconfiguration of the way one looks at and approaches ...

One of the enduring and memorable, properties and qualities of the 'unique situational laboratory' of design studio as a learning environment (Travar and Radford, 2003) is its ability to < support and foster social ...

This paper will outline the nature of a national guideline for quality assurance and standards in architectural education. It will also report on the application of the guidelines in testing the curriculum of the Bachelors ...

Western academics involved in the delivery of joint-courses in China are normally accorded the status of 'foreign experts'. This description, and a tendency among many westerners to be ignorant of the motivations and ...

Retrofitting existing buildings for energy sustainability is a recently developed area of research and study in architectural design. A significantly high share of energy is used to maintain indoor thermal comfort in ...