ARCHI TIMES - ISSN No. 2073-9001, A+i - ISSN No. 2073 - 901X

April 2010

Architects Define New Ways of Living – Shama Usman

“The vision of architects influences every aspect of our built environment”, said Ar. Shama Usman, Chairperson PCATP during her presentation on “Linking Vision to Reality” at the third RDI ILMI NASHIST held on ...Continued

Architecture of the Colonial Era

The Department of Architecture, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, held a Seminar & Exhibition of 'Architecture of the colonial era Rawalpindi' on March 13th 2010. This event was planned after the students of 4th year ...Continued

Understanding Mosque Architecture in Perspective of Time and Space

What defines a mosque? How and when did the mosque architecture evolve? These were the questions addressed by Ar. Hammad Husain during his presentation on "Evolution of Mosque Architecture through Ages" at ...Continued

Letter to the Editor

This is with reference to the very interesting article "My Experience with Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks" (CSEB) by architect Nabeela Nazir, in your magazine of February 2010. The author mentions the cost of the CSEB, "equating it to the ...Continued

Forum on Raj Architecture

The Institute of Architects Pakistan- Karachi Chapter has organized sixth international exhibition of building products and materials in Karachi. The 3-day exhibition, called IAPEX 2010, was organized on 16th, 17th and 18th of April 2010 at ...Continued

Parvez Iqbal speak on Architecture

Parvaiz Iqbal the renowned architect of Pakistan, has been active for the last more than 30 years in design, planning and implementation of architectural engineering and infrastructure projects. He spoke with ARCHI TIMES about his work ...Continued

Winner of the MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards 2010

LONDON: According to the MIPIM Architectural Review Press Release issued to ARCHI TIMES stated that the Jean Nouvel designed 'One New Change', which is currently under construction close to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, has been named ..Continued

Architectural Forum

This year once again the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Chapter of IAP took the lead with their Mega event IAPEX 2010 from 19-21 March 2010 at Pearl Continental Hotel Rawalpindi and Islamabad Club, Islamabad. It comprised of a large exhibition of Building Materials ...Continued

Pioneer Batch of Architecture Department, Punjab University

Architecture as a discipline was established at the College of Art and Design, University of the Punjab, Lahore in September 2004. The College of Art and Design which was started as the department of Fine Arts in 1940, has a history of ...Continued

Thesis by Rana Atif

In the recent years, in Islamabad, we have seen a number of mega projects executed by the C.D.A which include Damen-e-Koh View Point, Rawal Lake Promenade, 7th Avenue, 9th Avenue and Islamabad Expressway etc. The majority of these projects were infrastructure up-gradation. Older ...Continued

Thesis by Rabia Aman

SUKH NAGAR is a paradigm shift in the design approach for the institutional care of children. It not provides an environment which understands the physical and social context in which children of my city live, but takes a step further to give then an interface where they get an ...Continued

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