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 Fri, 01/13/2012 - 14:49
The projects that received Holcim Awards Gold, Silver, or Bronze in each of the five regions of the world are automatically qualified for the Global Holcim Awards 2012. The 15 Global Holcim Awards finalists include projects from Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Thailand, and the USA, and involve additional project teams from Austria, France, Spain and the UK. An overview of projects is available at:
www.holcimawards.org/globalfinalists In addition, all prize-winning projects at the regional level (including 38 Acknowledgement and “Next Generation” winners) will automatically compete for up to three Global Holcim Innovation prizes – which focus upon contributions to innovative building materials and construction technologies in the context of sustainable construction.
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 Fri, 01/06/2012 - 16:03
The Global Development Awards and Medals Competition is an innovative award scheme launched by GDN with generous support from the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan, and other donors. Since its inception in 2000, GDN has awarded roughly US$ 2.2 million in research and travel grants to finalists and winners. Winners are chosen by an eminent jury at GDN’s Annual Conference; an event attended by over 500 practitioners in the field of development to whom the finalists present their proposals/papers.
Submissions are being accepted under the following three categories:
Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development - This Award is for applicants submitting research proposals that are seeking to explore any of the three research themes (details below) in an original and innovative way.
Prizes: First Prize: US$ 30,000; Second Prize: US$ 5,000
Medals for Research on Development - These Medals are for completed research papers of outstanding nature on any of the three research themes (details below).
Prizes: First Prize: US$ 10,000; Second prize: US$ 5,000
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 Sat, 12/31/2011 - 02:46
Should development be firmly rooted in a national vision? If so, where can one find this voice better than at the nucleus of national heritage, the National Museum of Ghana? The museum remains the depository of Ghana’s rich and vivid past, housing the most extensive and intriguing art collection in the country. All over the continent, National Museums are viewed as relics of a colonial past, seldom frequented by visitors, undermining their own importance in shaping the national vision and development agenda.
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 Thu, 12/08/2011 - 17:46
Announcing an open competition in 2012 for redesigning Bab al-Azizia. Architects, landscape architects, designers, planners, artists, horticulturalists, students and community members are invited to create visionary, inspired design proposals for the space's reuse as a public, open space for all. The competition will culminate in a major exhibition in Tripoli, Libya, accompanied by a publication and website. We hope the rebirth of Bab al-Azizia will come to powerfully symbolize the rebirth of the new Libya, and serve as an inspiration to the Libyan people, and all free people around the world. Bab al-Azizia is a 6 square kilometer (2.3 square mile) former military stronghold, bunker and palace of Moammar Gaddafi. Occupying prime real estate in the heart of Tripoli, for decades the site was a symbol of fear and oppression. Residents driving by even avoided looking in the direction of the towering walls and guard posts, worried of being questioned or detained. Now, with the culmination of the February 17th Revolution, Bab al-Azizia is being razed, and has already become home to families on picnics and weekly markets.
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 Thu, 12/08/2011 - 16:11
Mauritius hosted its first local Green Awards on 4th June 2010.
The instant hit of the 1st Edition prompted a more successful
2nd Edition in 2011. Boosted by this growing interest, the organisers
decided to expand the scope of the awards; subsequently renamed
as Green Africa Awards (GAA). The latter is now recognized by the
leading advocacy movement, Earth Day Network (EDN).
The GAA2012 presents a new challenge by welcoming international
entries from some East African countries and the Indian Ocean Islands.
The 3rd Edition comes with 10 re-branded categories so as to reward
a maximum of green initiatives both locally and internationally. Eligible countries include:
Mauritius
Reunion
Madagascar
The Comores
Mayotte
Seychelles
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Mozambique
South Africa
Categories:
1) Best Maintained Cultural Heritage (buildings & sites inclusive)
2) Corporate (Green) Citizenship Endeavours
3) Green Business & Environmental Management
4) Green Design, Building, Development & Land Use
5) Green Endeavours in Tourism & Hospitality Sector6) Green/Eco Innovative Product/Technology
7) Green Media & Advertising Campaign
8)Environmental Education Campaign/Project & Green School Project
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 Thu, 12/08/2011 - 12:39
Anza ia an an architectural magazine dedicated to exploring people and spaces
through in-depth articles, images, scenes and discussions that go beyond
the lines that divide building and sky.
Its aim is to better understand the transforming East-African cities – and their identities – by looking at the past, present, and future with fun, seriousness and humor.
It hopes to shape the planning, engineering, and architecture of the city; and add richness the living spaces. The International Call for Papers focuses on Heritage and Tourism.
Contributers are invited to explore the various facets of cultural heritage and its connection to tourism in the East African Cities. Possible questions are:
- How can heritage be turned into an economic resource in the east African Cities?
- What are the possibilities to promote tourism through heritage conservation?
- How is the built environment connected to tangible and intangible forms of heritage? How can contemporary architecture be inspired by heritage (buildings)?
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 Thu, 11/10/2011 - 11:46
Having experimented with mud, cement, worked stone and stabilized soil brick Van Stigt created a distinct architectural oeuvre in the Dogon Valley, one that, without any doubt, will be remembered as Van Stigts’ heritage for many generations to come. Joop van Stigt (1934-2011)
On 4th November Joop van Stigt passed away after a short illness. A few weeks ago he was on a Dogon roof installing a solar panel. Joop died in the harness as we say in Dutch, and would he have lived for another twenty-odd years – as we all had hoped for and expected – he still would be building in Mali.
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 Mon, 10/24/2011 - 11:26
The 2012 World Monuments Watch was announced at a press conference held at the WMF headquarters in the Empire State Building, New York City, on October 5th, 2011. Five sites from Africa are included on the 2012 Watch, from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Madagascar and Zimbabawe. At a press conference held on October 5, 2011, at World Monuments Fund’s headquarters in the Empire State Building, New York City, WMF President Bonnie Burnham announced the 2012 World Monuments Watch. Since 1996, the biennial Watch has drawn international attention to cultural-heritage sites in need of assistance, helping to save some of the world’s most treasured places. The 2012 Watch includes 67 sites, representing 41 countries and territories - including a 5 sites from Sub-sahara Africa.
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 Mon, 09/12/2011 - 14:52
The Holcim Awards is an international competition of the Holcim Foundation which seeks innovative, future-oriented and tangible sustainable construction projects and offers prize money of USD 2 million per three-year competition cycle. To find out about the winners and the projects please see FULL TEXT. The winners of the 3rd International Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects and visions from Africa Middle East have been announced at a ceremony in Casablanca. A total of USD 300,000 was presented to ten outstanding projects submitted by architects, planners, engineers and project owners. The winning projects illustrate the broad scope of applying sustainable approaches in construction including school infrastructure, community renewal, urban redevelopment, and energy-efficient design.
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 Tue, 08/09/2011 - 14:56
To a large extent, urban planning practices both in colonial as well as postcolonial sub-Saharan Africa are still scrutinized through a national framework of analysis. Yet, notwithstanding the importance of the classic dissemination-model, many urban planning practices in sub-Saharan Africa followed other routes of knowledge and communication than those shaped by the métropole-colony or donor-developing country axis alone. Transnational networks, such as circuits of education, major journals and magazines, international conferences or series of lectures influenced significantly the transfer of urban planning expertise, particularly on the local level and during the process of implementation. Since their scope stretches far abroad the national borders, it is important to research these transnational networks of proficiency from a comparative perspective. We propose to approach this topic not via individual biographies (cfr. the 2008 EAUH Lyon session S11 Migration/displacement and the dissemination of urban planning expertise in the mid-20th Century in non-Western areas which highlighted the individual trajectories of designers), but rather by looking at various types of networks of communication between different professionals.
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