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THE ZAMBIA INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS: Village Concept Playing ...

IN his book ‘Icupo Nobuyantashi’ (Marriage and development) the late Mr Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe argues that a family is the foundation of a nation, especially one that has many broken or unstable families and may face challenges [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Foreclosed Homeowners Inspire Architects to Float Housing Id...

Amid a housing market profoundly altered by stagnant incomes, declining wealth and Wall Street folly, the Museum of Modern Art displays a waterfall cascading down an atrium in a high-rise apartment. It’s a moment of refreshing whims [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

BlueScope Steel wins Insurance Award for Durable Housing

BlueScope Steel has been awarded the Insurance Council of Australia’s 2011 Resilience Award for Durable Housing for an innovative house design made to endure Australia’s extreme weather conditions. Entrants were asked to [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

The architecture of New Orleans' rebuilt public housing gets...

This month, eight families from the Lafitte public housing development trundled their belongings into brand-new apartments in an instant neighborhood dubbed Faubourg Lafitte, erected on the site of the demolished brick complex in the 6th [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Housing Slump Begins to Hurt Classic Modernist Architecture

If you weren't swayed by the early warnings back in June and you happen to be fortunate enough to own a classic Modernist house, we recommend that you just pat yourself on the back and count your blessings for what you have, instead of fool [...]