Architecture
7 Oct
It is quite commendable that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has modified and relaunched its 12-year-old scholarship scheme for postgraduate studies in foreign universities
29 Sep
The Roman Empire also fell, like all others before it. Then sprang up new empires: British Empire, French Empire, German Empire, etc. They also looked for new people to oppress and colonise.
11 Aug 2022
The story has been that of unchanging marginalisation of the education sector by the federal government in its policy formulation and annual budgetary appropriation.
30 Jul 2022
The widely held notion that Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital is the most secured location in the country has been gravely punctured. In recent times, the attack on the nation’s medium Correctional Centre
29 Apr 2019
Foremost British architect, Norman Foster has jumped into the international competition to design a replacement spire for Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, proposing a glass-and-steel topper to replace the cathedral’s ruined roof. His firm, Foster and Partners maintains international design practice famous for high-tech architecture. In an interview in English publication The Times, Foster presented his…
29 Dec 2018
I wish all my readers a Happy New Year. I am happy to predict that the world, the way we know it now, a global system that has been deliberately designed and constructed in such a way that the black person on earth should not succeed, will come to a shuddering end in 2030. Before…
26 Nov 2018
Children Village, a new school complex on the edge of the rainforest in northern Brazil, has won the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) International Prize 2018. The complex, designed by Brazilian architects Aleph Zero and Rosenbaum, was chosen from a shortlist of four exceptional new buildings by a grand jury chaired by renowned architect…
9 Jun 2018
A London company with design studios in Scotland and Spain, Aurumsphera Limited, is producing a global limited edition of only five giant expanding spheres in solid gold. The feat is undertaken in association with United Kingdom’s largest gold producers. Despite the extremely high price tag, the firm said interest is likely to be strong since…
16 May 2016
Highly underestimated is the architectural structure Lagos boasts of. Good thing we witnessed and partook in the first Open House event in Africa hosted by British Council in conjunction with Open House Worldwide and Sterling Bank. The treasures in form of buildings came in form of 30 unique buildings which kindly opened their doors to…