I think this might be my last post on this blog.

Thesis is done and I am taking some time for myself....

So far...

"Campus Courts: Student Housing as a catalyst for socio-economic and infrastructural development" is coming along slowly but surely.
Will be uploading sketches and schematic analysis shortly

2009

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased and grateful to announce the begin of my final semester in architecture school. This year, I will be graduating in May, by the Grace of the Mahanta.

My thesis is: Student Housing as a source and catalyst for future infrastructural and socio-economic development in a community
Site: Makoko, Lagos...

Watch this space

It is with great sadness that I have to say...

Like many of you, I was under the misinformed impression that the National Theatre Iganmu, was modelled in form after the cap of a military officer; as in, that was the governing power in control at the time of its construction...

yeah look at it...

only to find out that the architects who were Bulgarian by the way simply replicated the design for a preexisting building in their country when the contract was given to them...

This is what you get when you by pass your own people in favour of foreign "expertise"...almost all of our( Nigerian) iconic buildings are done by foreigners...WTH?!!!!!!!

At last

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It was with great relief and very little surprise that i came to the conclusion that a practising architect, I will not make nor desire to be. Yes, I have put myself through five years of gruelling work, head ache, heart ache and every other ache you can possible fathom. I have also gained priceless knowledge on the built environment and the effects of design on individuals, communities, psychologies, economies and policy. I am also committed towards sustainability because it is the only way to go...

Thus, I have begun the race towards my goal: securing myself an entry (but comfortable)position with a property development/investment company upon graduation.

Any suggestions? Connections?

Cranking it all out

The wheels have started turning towards graduation. I need some help though...if not alot of it...

*sigh* this experience needs to change for the better. I feel like I am drowning...

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BINGING ON HGTV and PLOTTING for HOME DEPOT

I am currently on an HGTV high and thinking to myself how one can do a home design show in naija without 1. inviting unwanted 'guests' (a.k.a armed robbers) to the homes of those featured and 2. turning it into a cliched rip off of the foreign programmes.

Also, I have been making plans for my move to my first apartment. I feel like it is time that I move off campus and start to live on my own. I think that if I really want to be responsible, I have to stand on my own two feet. I am contemplating some DIY projects for furnishings because I cannot presently afford the furnishings and accessories that are more to my style. I think, armed with some nail guns, staple guns, pre-cut pieces of wood, fabric and batting, I can transform any space into my own private getaway.

Till then, I invite you to salivate over these pieces that I want:

1. The overall look that I am going for

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2. Places that I am going to look to for the means to recreate my looks:

IKEA

TARGET

BED BATH AND BEYOND

CRAIGSLIST

HOME DEPOT

WALMART SUPER CENTER

Yeah, and then let's not forget all those beautiful extra expenses like cable, internet and phone...phew, it is exhausting being an adult.

Well, i will try and chronicle my journey as much as possible and bring you along...that is, the two of you who still stop by this blog.

Blog Revival

I am in summer school from now through till mid august. Thus, I should have enough material to revive this blog from its present disgraceful state of abandonment; not that anyone seems to care anyways. No one comes here anymore...or do they?

URGENT!!!!

Do you know of anyone that manufacturers quality aso oke fabrics?

Please connect me to them.

catwalqb@gmail.com

14th and Serenity

Coming Monday May 26th 2008 here....

Come over and have a look....

DESIGNER: LSHANDI

DESIGNER: KUSTOM LOOK
(ps: i want what she has on. U need to have seen the detail on the front...

THE REST OF THE PICTURES

DESIGNER : KNAF COUTURE

SIMPLY FOR YOU: JEWELRY

still have pics for about four or five designers but my uploading thing is acting up. enjoy these for now

TOSA COLLECTION

IDIA: THE DESIGNER WHO STARTED IT ALL