26 March Movie Night! Double Feature

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AIA ME and Community Cinema
Architecture Documentary Screening of "Ledoux Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans" and "The Johnson Building" - Showing two episodes from an ARTE TV series (30 min each). Screening to be followed by open discussion with the audience.  

The Saline Royale (Royal Saltworks) is a historical building at Arc-et-Senans in Doubs, eastern France, was designed by architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806), a prominent Parisian architect of the time. The work is an important example of an early Enlightenment project in which the architect based his design on a philosophy that favored arranging buildings according to a rational geometry and a hierarchical relation between the parts of the project.

The Johnson Wax Headquarters is the world headquarters and administration building of S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin. Designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the company's president, Herbert F. Johnson, the building was completed in 1939. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1976.

Note - Ledoux and Lloyd Wright were both share March birthdays.

Place: Downtown Pavilion, Dubai, UAE (Download Loacation Map)

Time: 7:00pm

RSVP: events@aiamiddleeast.org  

Connect: http://www.communitycinema.me/

World Water Day Invitation

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AIA Middle East together with the We Are Water Foundation would like to celebrate with you the UN World Water Day 2012 !!

We invite you to the Platinum Suite 11 at REEL Cinemas(Dubai Mall) to see Isabel Coixet's documentary "Aral, The Lost Sea", followed by a visit to Dubai Aquarium.
 
Time/Date: Thursday March 22nd (UN World Water Day) at 5pm. 
  
We are looking forward to seeing you at REEL Cinemas on Thursday at 5pm.
 
Please RSVP by e-mail to victor.schoone@roca.net.  

Please see the invitation and the posters for the Student Competitions. 

 

 DOWNLOAD THE PRESENTATION HERE

 

CALL FOR PAPERS!!!

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The AIA Middle East Chapter is issuing a Call for Papers to be presented during the first “Architectural Design Days Riyadh”, which will take place on April 29&30, 2012 at the Faisaliah Hotel Riyadh as well as for the second “Architectural Design Days Jeddah”, which will take place on October 10 & 11, 2012 at the Park Hyatt Jeddah.

The conferences are organized by the AIA Middle East in collaboration with Sesam Business Consultants and are part of a series of educational events on Architecture in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. 

The AIA conference committee is now accepting abstracts for lectures as part of the above symposia. Each conference offers speaker opportunities for a minimum of 30 min conference presentations (incl. 5 min Questions & Answers) on Day 1, as well as a minimum of 60 min lectures in the form of workshops on Conference Day 2.

The events are designed to cater to the AIA’s mandatory Continuing Education System (CES) for which we will offer Learning Units (LUs) to AIA registered architects.

Time is short so please hurry and download the Call For Papers for Jeddah and Riyadh here!

AIA Middle East Survey

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