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 | Omrania | CSBE Student Award |
The Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE) would like to announce that the results of this year's Omrania | CSBE Student Award for Excellence in Architectural Design are now available on the CSBE web site at www.csbe.org. The Award included first, second, and third prize winners, as well as two honorable mentions. Students from architecture departments in the Arab world were eligible to apply for the Award by submitting their graduation projects; a total of 66 projects from 10 countries were submitted for the Award.
The 2009 Award section of the CSBE web site features the Award announcement, details on the winning projects, and the Award report by jury members Saleh Al-Hathloul, Vladimir Djurovic, and Khalid Nahhas.
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| Ismaili Centres web resource launched |
TheIsmaili.org, a website of the Ismaili Muslim community, recently added a new section dedicated to the Ismaili Centres around the world.
Architecturally unique, each Ismaili Centre is designed to suit its particular surroundings, drawing on the cultural influences that are prevalent in the country and region in which it is situated while remaining true to the core values of the Ismaili community. The new website features an Architecture section detailing the history of each Centre and a Resources space, which includes architecture galleries with captioned photographs documenting the interior and exterior of the buildings, along with various other materials.
You can visit the new Ismaili Centres section at TheIsmaili.org/IsmailiCentres.
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| Proceedings of Architectural Criticism Seminar Now Available on ArchNet |
In December, 2005, The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, in association with the Kuwait Society of Engineers, organized an international seminar in Kuwait City entitled "Architectural Journalism and Criticism." The event brought together academics, architects, engineers and journalists from five continents to discuss the role of architectural journalists, critics, and media, as well as their relations with practitioners.
Proceedings from the seminar were collected in the book Architectural Criticism and Journalism: Global Perspectives, which is newly available on ArchNet. The publication includes written contributions from over thirty critics and participants, as well as a selection of color photographs depicting Kuwait City architecture and urban spaces, taken by photographer Kamran Adle.
Click here to access the publication
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