This study aims to integrate sustainability into the thinking and teaching of architecture in Nigerian tertiary institutions from an abstract manner to a concrete one by modifying present educational approach and practice as well as developing a road map for its implementation. This paper reveals that sustainability in architecture is multidimensional and requires the ability to critically anal...

The use of computer technology to simulate architectural designs is well established in the profession and education. However most software interfaces in this field are intricate and require substantial time input, while the hardware requirements to produce quality animations are continually expanding. This software / hardware ‘squeeze’ can have a detrimental impact in the educational context o...

Drawing, modeling and the explicit abstraction embedded in the traditions and conventions of visual communication through composition and representation are fundamental to the how, why and what of architectural design. BIM presents simulation as an antiabstract means of visual communication that seeks to displace the discreet representation of plan, section and elevation with the intelligent ob...

At the end of the 20th century, and as we approach the beginning of the third millennium, a moment of reflection and contemplation is really needed. In the past decade there have been radical changes in architectural practices in Egypt. It has become common to observe that major shifts are occurring in the realms of architecture and urbanization. These shifts are dramatically changing the publi...