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Well-known U.S.-based architects have taken issue with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Britains leading architectural association, for its political stand against its Israeli counterpart. According to the Architects Journal, Daniel Libeskind, Richard Meier, and Rick Bell, the executive director of AIA New York, have spoken out against the RIBAs decision to seek the suspension of the Israeli association from the International Union of Architects (UIA) until it acts to resist projects on illegally-occupied land and observes international law and accords.

The motion was presented to the RIBA council on March 19 by the associations past president, Angela Brady. It passed 23 to 16, with 10 abstentions. The UIA is to meet in August.

The RIBA contends that the Israel Association of United Architects (IAUA) has disregarded the international bodys Resolution 13, which condemns development projects and the construction of buildings on land that has been ethnically purified or illegally appropriated [and] all action contravening the fourth Geneva Convention.

In response, the IAUA asked the international association not to bring up the motion at its general assembly in August, arguing that the motion was disproportionate, incompatible with circumstances, and contrary to the spirit of the UIA. The Israeli group also wrote to the president and vice president of the RIBA that the IAUA has no political agenda [and] no impact on personal stance. The letter adds that Resolution 13 was never meant to be a tool to be used against architects or associations of architects under the aegis of the UIA.

A third letter from the IAUA, to British Prime Minister David Cameron, refers to the RIBA motion as a a discriminatory, unjust political act designed to isolate Israel, and concludes, The Israeli-Palestinian conflict would do well to be resolved through dialogue. Boycotts have been proven not to be the best foundation for increasing understanding between parties in conflict.

According to a statement by the RIBA, It is not the case that the RIBA is in any way anti-Semitic. A spokesperson for the British association declined to say whether it had ever passed a similar motion regarding any other association in the international group, which claims to have some 130 members, including Russia and China.

New York City-based architect and Pritzker Prize winner Richard Meier wrote to the RIBAs president, according to Building Design, stating that he and many other New York architects condemn the action.

But British architect Abe Hayeem, a RIBA member who is the chair of Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine and co-founder of UK Architects Against Apartheid, has said that the one action [of the anti-apartheid group] that had the most impact was to get the RIBA to end its links and recognition of schools of architecture in South Africaon the basis of the almost negligible number of black students attending these schools. [This] did alter their intake.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, who visited Israel on March 12, pledged in the Knesset that he would oppose the boycott of Israel and defeat all attempts to delegitimize the country. Cameron was quoted in Israels daily Haaretz as saying Israel's fate "will never rest on statements by amateur politicians.

Itzhak Lipovetzky-Lir, past president of the Israeli architects association and its coordinator of international relations, said in an interview that his group has been a member of the international union since the 1950s and has been contending with attempts to expel it for a decade. The UIA Resolution 13 is a general policy, Lipovetsky-Lir added. More than a few countries that are members of the UIA [have] disputes over construction on conquered land, for example, China and Tibet, or Russia and Chechnya. Therefore, the organization, in which membership is voluntary, has tried not to take a decision against a member country because it could undermine the entire organization.

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Waterloo, Canada (PRWEB) April 23, 2014

The CIGI Campus is now the fourth building at the corner of Erb and Caroline Streets in Waterloo, Canada, to win the prestigious Governor Generals Medals in Architecture.

Designed by KPMB Architects, the CIGI Campus is among 12 projects that received the honour in 2014. The program run by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts celebrates outstanding design in recently built projects by Canadian architects. Medals are awarded based on the architectural artistic merit of a structures design, including elements such as conceptual clarity, detailing, sustainable design, compatibility with the site, and innovation and uniqueness.

Shirley Blumberg, lead KPMB architect for the CIGI Campus, will receive the award on May 13, 2014, at a ceremony in Ottawa.

On behalf of everyone at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, I congratulate Shirley Blumberg and her team at KPMB on this outstanding honour, said CIGI President Rohinton Medhora. This medal is a testament to the CIGI Campuss exceptional design and functionality. The building is a unique and significant contribution to Waterloo, and CIGI is proud to be part of our communitys history.

We are honoured that the CIGI Campus has received a Governor General's Award and very pleased to contribute a fourth GG Award winning building to the intersection of Erb and Caroline Streets in UpTown Waterloo, said Shirley Blumberg of KPMB Architects.

The faculty, staff and students of the Balsillie School of International Affairs are privileged to work in this fabulous building. The CIGI Campus provides a striking blend of beauty and functionality. The BSIA community warmly congratulates KPMB Architects on winning this prestigious award, said John Ravenhill, Director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

The latest honour raises the CIGI Campuss total award count to six. Other architectural honours for the CIGI Campus come from the American Institute of Architects, the Architectural Record, the Ontario Association of Architects, the Royal Institute of British Architects, and Canadian Interiors. Other recipients at the corner of Erb and Caroline Streets in Waterloo include the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (2006), Clay & Glass (1997) and the former Seagram Museum (1986).

For more information on the CIGI Campus, including its occupants and rental availability, please visit http://www.cigicampus.org.

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Three B.C. projects have won recognition in a national competition that honours the best in Canadian architecture.

The buildings the Tula House on Quadra Island designed by Patkau Architects; North Vancouvers City Hall by Micheal Green, now of Michael Green Architecture; and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Centre for Drug Research and Development at the University of B.C. by Saucier + Perrotte Architectes and Hughes Condon Marler Architects are being recognized with Governor Generals Medals in Architecture.

The projects and nine others across the country were named winners of the award by the Canada Council for the Arts on Wednesday. Awards will be presented at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on May 13.

The oceanside Tula House was described by the awards jury as a spectacular house for a spectacular site that is in dynamic harmony with nature.

The North Vancouver City Hall project revitalized the existing municipal hall and added a tubelike structure between the hall and the adjacent library to connect them.

The jury wrote that the project was an elegant, restrained and sophisticated expansion to a small district municipal hall. ... The vocabulary is warm and refined, befitting a city halls place in the community. The design was based on the concept of two trees whose foliage becomes fused into an extensive network of branches.

The UBC building was described by the jury as being a strong building with a strong concept, beautifully executed.

Other winners include:

60 Richmond East Housing Co-Operative in Toronto by Teeple Architects;

Centennial College Athletic and Wellness Centre in Toronto by Kongats Architects;

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