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Suha Ozkan has a fresh look to find architectural innovation

United Kingdom Architecture News - Feb 27, 2015 - 10:17   3427 views

Suha Ozkan has a fresh look to find architectural innovation

Suha Ozkan delivering his talk at SCI-Arc. Credit:Nicholas Korody

Suha Ozkan gave a speech in the lecture series of SCI-Arc on 17 February 2015 and he discusses all the new innovative approaches of contemporary architecture.

''Suha Ozkan begins by reviewing essential principals of architecture from Vitruvius to Ken Yeang. He discusses projects that creatively respond to difficult environments in Saudi Arabia, India, Bangladesh, and Egypt. He reviews recent projects that employ locally-available materials, including work by Hassan Fathy, the Association pour le Développement d’une Architecture et d’un Urbanisme Africains (ADAUA), Cal-Earth, Balkrishna V. Doshi, Charles Correa, Jean Nouvel, and Foster + Partners. He concludes with innovative approaches to urban preservation in Mostar Old Town, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Asilah, Morocco.''

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