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Hyatt Build New Hotel Tower
Work on Grand Hyatt Hotel has begun on what is hoped to become a landmark tower in Islamabad, Pakistan,
sited next to the Jinnah Convention Centre the Grand Hyatt Hotel, when completed ..Continued
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Sri Lanka's Geoffrey Bawa inspires
Sri Lanka's famed architect, Geoffrey Bawa has inspired a new trend of boutique type hotels in Sri Lanka that are attracting high-end tourists, that is now spreading its
wings abroad. ...Continued |
Russians go 'green' in UAE first
Metropol to unveil at Cityscape Abu Dhabi a $3.5 billion Moscow project featuring
Nikken Sekkei's sustainable technology A mammoth $3.5 billion sustainable development project in...Continued
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World Heritage Day at Abbottabad Campus
April 18, the World Heritage Day as declared by the UNESCO upon an initiative taken
by International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), is observed ...Continued |
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Oversized billboards reappear.
While the relatives of those of who fell victim to collapsing billboards during the
rain and wind storms of June last year have still not been compensated by the concerned authorities on ...Continued
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Workshop on Documentation
The students at Department of Architecture (Abbottabad Campus), NWFP UET, Peshawar
were explained to how to document the proceedings of seminars, workshops and ...Continued
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Seminar on post-Tensioning Slab Technique
Pakistan is currently witnessing the emergence of a formidable growth in a real estate development
that has crept suddenly into the country as an ..Continued
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CAA to get charge of new airports
The two new airports, New Islamabad International Airport (NIIA) and New Gwadar International Airport
(NGIA) are to be handed over to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in ...Continued
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Blot Architecture of Islamabad
Islamabad’s buildings aren’t the best pieces of architecture with the Blue Area
especially being home to commercial plazas that are simply eyesores. Barring a few, the entire stretch ...Continued
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ARCHITECT on ARCHITECTURE
Zahra Ashraf, the chief architect of the Government of Punjab and an urban designer of exceptional
caliber. Trained at NCA as an architect, she later received MSc degree in urban ...Continued
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Architects Series 2007-2008
A good architectural practice comprises of three main components, planning,
controlling and execution. It works for all commissions and the firm itself. Planning constitutes .Continued |
Students work exhibition
An open day was organized by the Department of Architecture and Design, Comsats Institute
of Information Technology (CIIT) at their Islamabad Campus. The show exhibited works of ...Continued
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Office Buildings in China and India
After initial research in Shanghai in 2001, eeBuildings found that energy costs
are sometimes as high as 50 percent of a building’s monthly operational costs, and that although ...Continued |
Badshahi Mosque Re-flooring
The project of re-flooring of the historic Badshahi Mosque, which was supposed
to be finished this year, has been delayed due to hold-up of funds for it by the Auqaf department. Punjab ...Continued
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