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  APEC Directory Response - CANADA - Architecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Process of granting accredited status to an institution of higher learning and/or vocational training, a program of study, or a service, indicating that it has been granted approval by the relevant legislative and professional authorities by virtue of its having met or exceeded pre-determined standards.
Term used to select or denote educational institutions, programs, or courses of study according to set criteria of eligibility (e.g., for programs of student financial assistance, certain designated institutions are accessible to students for financial aid purposes).
If an architect wants to work in Canada, he or she must obtain a licence from, or be registered with, the appropriate provincial or territorial regulatory body.
www.dfat.gov.au /apec/prof_services/canada_arc.html   (2946 words)

  
 A R C H I T E X T - for books on architecture
Revisioning contemporary architecture by revisiting the work that was published in AD during the 1970’s, this issue throws new meaning on both the past and present.
Architecture of Additions, The: Design and regulation Byard, P.S. Examining the impact that new buildings can have on important existing architecture, this book is peppered with examples from Grand Central Terminal to the Louvre Pyramid and the Studio National at Le Fresnoy.
Tropical Architecture: Sustainability and Humane Building in Africa, Latin America and South-East AsiaLauber W. With the architecture of climactic extremities, exploding populations and the numerous ecological and economic concerns, the tropical regions of the world are looking towards sustainable solutions.
www.architecture.com.au /architext   (7721 words)

  
 Category:Architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Architecture is a communicative art that situates human activity within a horizon of possibilities, the art and science of designing buildings.
A wider definition would include within its scope the design of the total built environment, from the macrolevel of urban planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the microlevel of furniture and product design.
For more information, see the article about Architecture.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Architecture   (110 words)

  
 Architect Institute Royal from azurweb - your a - z of everything   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Royal Architecture Institute of Canada - L'Institut royal d'architecture du Canada
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada is a voluntary national association established in 1907 as the voice for architecture and its practice in Canada.
RINA The Royal Institution of Naval Architects is an internationally renowned professional institution whose members are involved at all levels in the design, construction, repair and opera...
www.azurweb.co.uk /Architect-Institute-Royal.html   (291 words)

  
 Wilson Art Institute Library - Architecture Resources
Landscape Architecture THESES Archive (LATA) This project is intended to bring together a large resource of thesis projects undertaken by Landscape Architecture students around the world.
RAIC serves the Canadian Architectural community by providing member Architects with their first method of capitalizing on the ba enefits of the information superhighway.
In 1993, the CAC was awarded a major, three-year grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to assist in organizing the Safdie fond and to undertake the publication of a text and accompanying inventory describing the first twenty-five years of Moshe Safdie's career.
www.slais.ubc.ca /courses/libr559a/summer99/group4/old/ARCHITECTURE.html   (922 words)

  
 Canadian and Montreal Architecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Manitoba Architecture to 1940 provides numbered entries in four sections (books, articles, special materials, and addenda) as well as indexes referring to the entries and organized by by architect, building, and topic.
Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), founded in 1979, is a Montreal-based research centre and museum.
Consult the Institutional Overview page and the Overview of the Collections for more.
www.mcgill.ca /blackader/guides/architecture/canadian   (370 words)

  
 OAA.on.ca : Construct Canada '04 featuring the International Roundtable on Architecture: "The Convergence of Art + ...
He received the Archer Brooke Medal for Architecture Design in 1985 and was the associate-in-charge on feasibility studies for Berkeley, Pierson and Davenport Colleges at Yale and Duke University’s Keohane Quadrangle.
Chris has directed the firm’s architecture design research in materials and process for the Latrobe Fellowship, exploring the emerging interface between architecture as high art and the integration of developing technologies in materials science and product engineering.
He is an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Columbia University and has been on the faculty there since 1998.
www.oaa.on.ca /client/oaa/OAAHome.nsf/EventsByDate/5D4312DC554FFFB885256F380048D858?Opendocument   (573 words)

  
 Tsui Design & Research Inc. | In The Media
Architecture is that living, ceaseless and invisible force which seeks visible expression in the sentient world.
Architecture that does not address our emotional needs is not architecture; it is utilitarian shelter contrived by the ignorant or by pompous fools of mediocre ability.
Architecture must help us to reach up, way up, for something noble in the human soul that affirms our human dignity and creative powers for all people in all circumstances!” Obviously Tsui is not just another celebrity architect but a man with deep thoughts and convictions.
www.tdrinc.com /media.html   (7924 words)

  
 Institute for Defence Resources Management - Royal Military College of Canada
In sum, looking at the current situation, we are inclined to argue that, in the 30-year history of defence industry policy making in Australia, there has never been a more confusing and confused set of policies than the current bundle of industry statements, sectoral and capability plans.
A common institutional model for achieving the same result directly would be for production to take place in government-owned factories and facilities.
Countries such as Australia or Canada have considerable choice in shaping the relationship between the NDO and the NDIB and should thus be able to shop around to take advantage of opportunities to achieve best value for money supply.
www.rmc.ca /academic/poli-econ/idrm/papers/2003-6_e.html   (17390 words)

  
 The Canada Council for the Arts - Governor General’s Medals in Architecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This tradition has provided an important source of understanding of the nature of Canadian architecture and the regional, cultural and historic forces which it expresses.
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, with the RAIC College of Fellows, is responsible for the organization and administration of the competition.
The Canada Council for the Arts is responsible for selecting and administering the peer assessment jury.
www.canadacouncil.ca /prizes/ggma/tw127238361675468750.htm   (262 words)

  
 Jury
Montréal (1967) Jean beaudoin is the co-founder of Z.one Architecture.
Death By Architecture was the internet site that started it all when it comes to the compilation and publication of international design competitions in the format that has been adopted by the International Competition Network.
Death By Architecture seeks to be a well-rounded source for the architecture and design community through its collection of job resources, competitions, internet resources, news, and by featuring significant design projects throughout the world.
www.z-1.org /comp/icnlogo/jury.htm   (1114 words)

  
 Manitoba Association of Architects | News
The recipient will have the opportunity to broaden his or her architecture culture by visiting a series of selected buildings and to expand his or her professional skills with an internship at an internationally acclaimed architectural firm anywhere in the world.
Members of the architectural community are invited to nominate those who have made a difference in our country by completing a nomination form and mailing it to the Chancellery of the Governor General's Office.
Scholarships of $5,000 are available to practitioners, critics and curators of architecture who graduated from a Canadian university, post-secondary education institution or training school, and who intend to carry out post graduate studies in a country other than Canada.
www.mbarchitects.org /web/news-archive-display.shtml?pfl=news-display.param&op2.rf1=30   (646 words)

  
 Construct Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The various languages, norms, impressions and histories of distant lands are food for thought leading to a shared vision of architecture.
Diamond will explore his deep conviction that well-designed, individual buildings in a city are insufficient--that it is the "collectivity" of structures and their urban relationships that must be carefully orchestrated in order to generate great cities for the future.
Saucier will elaborate on his concern with the lack of Canadian identity and the mundane "place-less architecture" that has spread globally; and he will share his thoughts on how "landscape qualities" particular to a location can be extracted and translated into exciting buildings.
www.constructcanada.com /tor/Sopening.html   (575 words)

  
 Cement Association of Canada - Architecture and its Practice in Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, established in 1907, is a voluntary national association representing more than 3,000 architects, and Faculty and graduates of accredited Canadian Schools of Architecture, from every region of the country.
RAIC is the voice for architecture and its practice in Canada.
It provides the national framework for the development and recognition of architectural excellence.
www.cement.ca /cement.nsf/ep/B69C992B102B311685256E6D00649C59?opendocument   (70 words)

  
 GBC2000 - Call for Entries in Canada
Calls for entries will be sent to all professional architectural and engineering organizations in Canada and to all levels of government, Universities and the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada.
GBC 2000 has the participation of the Canadian Architect; it is strongly felt that design excellence is also a component of creating innovative, practical and desirable green buildings.
The winners will be involved in the preparation and assessment of their project at detailed level using the GBC 2000 Design Performance Assessment tool which is presently being finalized.
greenbuilding.ca /gbc2k/teams/canada/gbc-call.htm   (794 words)

  
 Canadian Light Source: Media
Bornstein, professor emeritus of fine arts and one of Canada's first abstract artists, is renowned for his pioneering work with light and colour.
Bornstein is represented in the National Gallery of Canada, as well as numerous other public and private collections.
Among his awards is the 1968 Allied Arts Medal from the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada.
www.lightsource.ca /media/abstract.php   (783 words)

  
 CSM - Corporate Sustainability Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It consists of researchers from all areas within the institution of Industrial Economics and Management and serves as the institution's interface between technology, management and the economics of environment.
The main objective of this special issue is to survey the SI phenomenon today, detecting and discussing present opportunities and obstacles, and importantly, to find roads for improvements, enhancing the imperative role that SIs can play in financing operations that lead to improved environmental and social performances in concert with a thriving economy.
During the last decade higher educational institutions have recognized the catalytic potential of environmental education as means to develop students’ understanding of the significant complexities of sustainable development.
www248.indek.kth.se /csm   (8527 words)

  
 Untitled
We do this because architectural ideas communicate themselves physically and we believe that an understanding of materials and methods allows for a more complete design process.
Elements of architecture - platform, wall, window, threshold, roof, etc. - uncovered at various stages of building, have each become a physical measure of site and desire.
This gets at the potency which materials can have in architecture, for a person who inhabits a space as well as the person who makes it.
www.forsythe-macallen.com /Studio.htm   (693 words)

  
 The Architecture Research Institute, Inc.
The Architecture Research Institute, Inc. wishes to gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the Union for International Architects (UIA), Sim Van Der Ryn, and Stuart Cowan.
The Sustainable Architectures Bibliography should be useful in locating books, articles, and sources that will further specific discourse about the best approaches.
The Institute is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization, incorporated in the State of New York.
www.architect.org /institute/programs/sustainable   (5201 words)

  
 Inner Harbour Visioning Session
Beasley has studied architecture and has degrees in geography and political science (B.A.) and planning (M.A.).
Beasley its 2003 Medal of Excellence as an “Advocate for Architecture”.
2003 Advocate for Architecture Medal Royal Architecture Institute of Canada
www.bcpcc.com /pcchtml/larry.beasley.htm   (470 words)

  
 The Shakespeare Theatre New Theatre Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
His graduate degree, a Master of Architecture, was received at the University of Pennsylvania where he was also awarded the Graham Foundation Scholarship.
After teaching architecture at the University of Pennsylvania with the rank of assistant professor, and working in the office of Louis Kahn, he emigrated to Canada to inaugurate and run the Master of Architecture degree program at the University of Toronto from 1964-1970.
In 1996, Jack Diamond was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 2001 he received the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada Gold Medal.
www.shakespearedc.org /new_jdbio.html   (647 words)

  
 Seminars on Architectural CADD Software
Architectural CADD College 2000 is on October 25 -26, 2000
This presentation is focused on the concerns of small architectural design firms RIGHT NOW on a number of issues concerning their use of CADD and design software.
This is one opportunity to ask truly frank questions in an environment of architectural colleagues and no CADD salespeople.
www.architecturalcadd.com /special.html   (3550 words)

  
 Futuristic Computer Design Tools 5/2000
Langdon will intrigue us with a look at the cutting edge of where architectural design software and new intelligent hardware is and what will be available very shortly.
In this session you will get a glimpse of where our design software is going, with web-interlinked architecturally intelligent 3D CADD systems which automatically help generate whole building modules (to code) with plans, sections, elevations and details just an automatic by-product.
You will also see how the entire construction project delivery system is being changed as architects have the ability to select actual building products right off product manufacturer's web sites and drop them into place in their CADD models, with the by-product of automatic specifications writing, cost analysis, and detailed accurate interior renderings.
www.architecturalcadd.com /raic2000.htm   (417 words)

  
 Groundwork Institute - Sandy Hirshen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He has served on the council of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia and is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and Royal Architecture Institute of Canada.
Sandy served as Director of the School of Architecture at the University of British Columbia.
He has also served as the Chair of the Department of Architecture and Director of the Center for Planning Development and Research (CPDR) at the University of California, Berkeley.
www.groundwork.org /hirshen-bio.html   (186 words)

  
 Bradshaw and Whelan British - porcelain books, ceramic books, pottery books, marks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Part one includes chapters on the manufacturing process, the soft-paste Bristol factory, James Giles, Jeffryes Hamett O'Neale, Worcester figures, ground colors and borders, figure and landscape painting, the 1769 catalogue followed by part two, a catalogue of colored Worcester porcelain of the first period--1751-1783.
The book details the company's founding by John Doulton and his son Henry, and the ceramic art wares produced by Royal Doulton at their Lambeth and Burslem Studios in England.
It traces the rise of the Doulton range from stoneware and faience art pottery to hand painted vases, vellum figures, and flambé, titanium, and experimental glazes.
www.ceramicbooks.com /british.htm   (8042 words)

  
 Resumé - Myron Nebozuk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Myron's understanding that architects have a larger responsibility to build better cities one building at a time was formed during his years as an architecture student at Carleton University.
His very first design competition entry (as a member of a four-person team) was awarded an Honourable Mention for a proposal to transform Manhattan's derelict Westside Highway in 1987.
Bachelor of Architecture with Distinction, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, 1989
www.miarch.com /staff/resume/nebozuk_resume.html   (238 words)

  
 Recommended UK Website: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada: RAIC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Institute creates forums which bring together leading work in the field of architecture and architectural practice for critique and debate, recognition of excellence, and substantive documentation as a basis for shared learning by the broader architectural community.
The Institute's program embraces the spirit, meaning, quality, and culture of Architecture and architectural practice.
Program content addresses issues of design, building technology, and practice by focusing on activities in five areas: Publications, Symposia and Exhibitions, Research, Awards, and Practice Committees.
www.archinet.co.uk /raic-royal-architectural-institute-of-canada.asp   (177 words)

  
 Harley Grusko
Canada Council for the Arts, Prix de Rome for Emerging Practitioners, Shortlist, offer of internship with DillerScofidio + Renfro in New York City, NY, USA
Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, Gold Medal for databank thesis project
Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, Honour Roll for academic standing
www.harleygrusko.com /awards/awards.htm   (103 words)

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