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Kenya loses Sh1.4 billion on collapsed buildings
Kenya has lost more than Sh1.4 billion as a result of collapsed buildings in the last 15 years, Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors (BORAQS) says. Chairman Gideon Mulyungi said 24 buildings have collapsed in the country since 1996. “Forty-one lives have been lost and 47 people injured over the same period,” Mr … Continue reading
Training paper engineers will not take Kenya far – Arch. Lemmy Bobu Nyogesa
The training of engineers and technicians has failed to define a role for itself through the inflexibility of policy-makers, higher education establishments and some employers towards the acquisition of knowledge and skills. The problem can be summed up by looking at it on two fronts – from the market point of view, where engineers are … Continue reading
K & M Archplans Dropped out of Government Project
A row has ensued between the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) and the PS, Ministry of Energy. This was after an anonymous blog, http://kenarch.weebly.com , made allegations of ‘massive fraud and bribery’ after a local architectural firm, K & M Archplans, were dropped as the winners of a design competition for the ministry’s headquarters in … Continue reading
Architecture Kenya Collaborations
Since its formation, Architecture Kenya (AK) has attracted interest from many players both in and out of the architectural field. First was the collaboration with Architect Africa, a real time news and information network for African built environment professionals. Block Party then came along to work with AK. These are developers of high quality AutoCAD … Continue reading
Becoming an Architect in Kenya
Architecture in Kenya is as mysterious as the professionals themselves. Rarely talked about in its exact terms, every time the word is mentioned, it is in reference to origins of a totally different thing, say the ‘goldentberg architect’ or the ‘architect of the media bill’. Yet this is one of the most lucrative professions, a field that is barely … Continue reading
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