“Usoolu” by Engineer and Architect Mohamed Ali

It is absolutely unfathomable that the Ministry has taken on to check drawings and that the Ministry does not see a conflict of interest in this. Behind the locked doors of the Ministry, where most all professionals from the very top to the very bottom are registered under the regulations and do practice, drawings of colleagues and self can easily be corrected, although everybody would wish this would not happen. The public would quickly perceive the Architects and Engineers at the Ministry to be super designers as their drawings never gets rejected and pass through with ease. Checking up on exact status and nudging a colleague would not be a problem. And these are the people tasked with regulating the registered and have now brought out an Usoolu whereby other registered professionals, on their watch is struck points and made to do CPDs and even get struck from the register if their drawings are deemed problematic.

DRAFT MALDIVES CONSTRUCTION BILL – EVOLUTION 2011 – 2014

The Practice of Architecture and Design in the Maldives is set to come under a legal bill with the submission of The Maldives Construction Bill Please find the AAM page for current Laws and Regulations here                  

Invitation : Architects’ Gathering @ MNU

Get a copy of the draft constitution and proposed organization chart for the Association.  

AAM + Concerned Designers raise concerns to the Housing Minister and and the Mayor

Concerns and Propositions made regarding the issue of independent “checkers” for administering Planning Approvals.

Announcement by the Registrar of Architecural Pratictioners

Types, Materials & Techniques of Vernacular Architecture in the Maldives

AAM Talks, Public Lecture series joins the Final Year Architecture STUDENT WORKS EXHIBITION of Maldives National University for Lectures 2 and 3 in continuing its series exploring the Vernacular Architecture of the Maldives.

Disaster Housing – Exhibition by the 5th Semester Architectural Students (MNU) / 5 – 9 july 2013

  You are invited to The Architectural Exhibition by the 5th Semester Architectural Students of Maldives National University at the National Art Gallery. Date:        5th June – 8th June Time:       5th June: 13:00 – 18:00 Other days : 10:00 – 18:00 Location:   National Art Gallery Kind Regards Ghaanim Mohamed  MArch(Curtin) Maldives National University Faculty of […]

“Vernacular Architecture of the Maldives” – Lecture 2 – Typologies

“Vernacular Architecture of the Maldives”

AAM Open Lecture Series: “Vernacular Architecture of the Maldives” at Male’ City Hall from 25th May 2013, Ali Sahil and Zaha Ahmed AAM offers an open invitation to its members and the general public to these lectures.  

MACI Build EXPO 2012/13 exhibits dumped as waste

A very promising start to the activities of the Architects Association Maldives has ended bitterly for the Maldives National University students who contributed there projects to exhibit at the AAM stall. MACI were very kind in offering AAM the opportunity to exhibit at the event. AAM had an excellent response from other exhibitors as well […]

MACI Build EXPO 2012-13 @ Dharubaaruge

The Expo is open to the public from 29th-31st January.
All Architectural Practitioners are invited to join the association and fill in membership forms available at our stall. All visitors are welcome to contribute their ideas in the comment book at the stall

AAM registration notice on Government of Maldives Gazette

MNU/Student Work

http://openmaldives.org/mnuarch/  

Minutes Of Meeting with Minister and PS at MHE, Sent to the Registrar at NBPAR

To the Registrar NBPAR, Please be informed that a meeting was held with the minister and the permanent secretary who acknowledged and agreed the concerns of a group of 8 architects whose general concerns were about the arbitrary nature of the regulators decision making procedures. Two key decisions acknowledged and agreed by the minister personally […]

The Building Act Draft of the Maldives!

Dear all, Before sending the draft Maldives National Construction Act to Attorney General’s Office to be finalized, we would like to inquire and incorporate comments from all the professionals working in this industry. Therefore, if you have any comments, kindly e-mail to zeeniya.ahmed@mhe.gov.mv or fathimath.shaufa@mhe.gov.mv before 1600hrs on 5th Of July 2011. Please submit all […]

Dr. Nabeel Hamdi, Public Lecture at the Maldives National University

Award winning academic and practitioner Dr Nabeel Hamdi will talk about his new book The Placemaker’s Guide to Building Community- a book packed with practical skills and tools that architects, planners, urban designers and other built environment specialists need in order to engage effectively with development work in any context.

“The Placemaker’s Guide to Building Community” A Public Lecture by: Dr Nabeel Hamdi,

Award winning academic and practitioner  Dr Nabeel Hamdi will talk about his new book The Placemaker’s Guide to Building Community- a book packed with practical skills and tools that architects, planners, urban designers and other built environment specialists need in order to engage effectively with development work in any context.

Invitiation for “practitioners” to review the draft of Maldives National Building Act.

The Display Structure: 350 Postcards at Surfing Point

“….There are about 540 connection points [where the natural resource meets the man-made ]. Each point of connectivity is different. The differences in the knotting reflect a decision made by a person at a given moment, by the person’s mood, energy levels …” http://www.350postcards.com/2009/10/the-display-structure-350-postcards-at-surfing-point/

Friends of 339 invites architects, designers, artists, engineers and multi-disciplinary teams worldwide to participate in a competition to re-imagine and rebuild the Peace Pentagon, located at 339 Lafayette Street in New York City.

http://www.peacepentagoncompetition.org/introduction.html Competition Launch September 7 , 2009 Forums & Events October 1, 2009 – November 30, 2009 Questions Deadline October 15, 2009 Answers Posted October 21, 2009 Registration Deadline November 1, 2009 Late Registration Deadline December 6, 2009 Submission Deadline December 9, 2009 Jury Day December 14-19, 2009 Awards Announced December 21, 2009 Exhibition Opening […]

Adnan Ali, Advisor to the Minister (MTHE)

Architectun ge Association akun emme bodah regulator emme bodah beynun vanee Architectun akee kobaikan bune dhunun. Alah anna meehakah architecture practice kuraane hudhdha dheyne tho nuvatha noontho. Mi suvaaluge jawaabu architectunge association akun dhinun. Architectun ge Association eh hadhaigen harudhanaa gotheh ga gendhaa kamah vanyaa sarukaaruge e architectun akee kobai kan kanda alhaa board gai association ge member aku noonee e ah vure gina membarun thibumuge furusathu onnaane……

Agenda (informal gathering at FET on 7/10/09)

Information and discussion on the current status of the association Mohamed Ishan   / Abdul Hannan Brief presentation of association rules (Jamiyaa behey gaanoonu). Abdul Hannan Information on the need for the association to engage with MTHE in the formation of regulations. Advisor to the Minister Adnan Ali ( MTHE) Open discussion on future activities: Office […]