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15 July 2020

Emerge Call for Entries: Open to Students of the SADC Region

A pandemic has swept the globe and we are facing new challenges. Covid-19 has changed our way of living as it spreads through respiratory droplets, by direct contact with infected persons, or contaminated objects and surfaces. We have been forced to retreat into our homes in quarantine and isolation, making us to re-think our multifunctional spaces.Emerge Kumba is looking for conceptual proposals of the ideal home in a post -pandemic world.We ask you to imagine a family of three, assign each mem...

15 July 2020

Bio-Hybrid the Future of Mobility?

The city of the future is digital and connected and this has seen the birth of smart solutions across the world. One of the most notable ones is the Bio-Hybrid vehicle which is a new, modern form of personal mobility and means of transportation.Livable cities require new forms of transportation. The Bio‑Hybrid is fun, trendy, eco-friendly, healthy and supports an urban lifestyle. New forms of available mobility will change the infrastructure in our cities. The Bio‑Hybrid closes the gap between b...

8 July 2020

Africa Union of Architects presents 'Digital transformation for cultural heritage in the time of COVID-19'

There is no doubt that cultural heritage institutions face real challenges as museums, libraries, theaters, cinemas, and handicraft markets were among the first to be closed due to visitor gatherings. In light of the strict measures in the social distancing, the confinement and the total lockdown of most cities, with the suspension of air traffic, buses and trains cross countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a mechanism should be found to restore the visitors intimate contact with cultural heri...

9 June 2020

Institute of Architects of Zimbabwe Launches New Social Media Channels.

Institute of Architects of Zimbabwe (IAZ) has launched new social media channels to better communicate its profession, aims, activities and policies around architecture with its different audiences.IAZ presence on social media has also been updated and expanded. Engage with AIZ on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.Together with the website, the social media channels are intended to reflect the efforts of the institute, members, students, and collaborators to achieve a vision of a nationally recogn...

27 January 2020

2020 IAZ / ACZ BOARD

23 July 2019

IAZ CONFERENCE 2019 - Victoria Falls

A few images from The IAZ annual conference held in Victoria Falls from the 4th to the 5th of July 2019.

3 April 2019

NOTIFICATION OF DEATH: ARCHITECT GODWIN CHITIMA

NOTIFICATION OF DEATH: ARCHITECT GODWIN CHITIMA It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce the untimely death of one of our members, Architect Godwin Chitima, who passed on through a road traffic accident in Bulawayo in the early hours of Wednesday the 3rd of April 2019. Mourners are gathered at number 6 Holmwood Road, Woodlands, Bulawayo. We have been advised by the family that, should there be no changes during the course of funeral planning proceedings, a farewell service ...

17 December 2018

FBC BANK HEADQUARTERS ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION - AWARDS EVENING

The IAZ ran a nationwide architectural competition open to all registered Architects for the design of a new headquarters for FBC Bank in Harare. All 24 of the submitted schemes were displayed at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. The schemes were judged annoymously by a panel of expert adjudicators and the results announced at an event hosted by FBC on Friday 30th November 2018. The results were as follows: Winner: Architect Ishmael Gura of Gura and Associate Architect Runner Up:...

10 July 2018

PUBLIC NOTICE - WARNING OF UNQUALIFIED AND UNREGISTERED PERSONS PRACTICING AS ARCHITECTS - JULY 2018

THE ARCHITECTS ACT - SECTION 39 (1(a)) : “A person who is not a Registered Architect shall not perform the work of an Architect” It is brought to the attention of the general public that unfortunately there are unqualified and unregistered people out there who are masquerading as Architects. Note that under the Architects Act (1975), no person other than a Registered Architect with the Architects Council of Zimbabwe, shall use the title and style of Architect and/or hold offi...

10 July 2018

PUBLIC NOTICE - UPDATED REGISTERED ARCHITECTS NOTICE - JULY 2018

In accordance with Section 20, 38 amd 30 of the Architects Act (1975) the following firms and Architects are registered to practice Architecture in Zimbabwe. The listed are the ONLY person who may legitamatley use the title Architect (or any derivation of the word Architect) in Zimbabwe, for gain or practice or carry on business under any name, style or title which contains the word Architect (or any derivation of the word Architect) Architects Council of Zimbabwe - July 2018

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