by Marylin Ten, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on October 8, 2013, Tuesday

KUCHING: Architects are urged to think outside the box on how their architectural designs can be merged into the city landscape.

Kuching South City Council (MBKS) mayor Datuk James Chan said with the state constantly developing, architects also ought to change by taking on the challenge to create architectural designs relevant to the state.

I believe that practical and pragmatic Sarawakians want friendly architecture and this includes creating architecture that is friendly to senior citizens and people with disabilities (OKU).

Buildings must meet the needs of the elderly and OKU who are more physically limited and this must be taken into consideration, he said when launching World Architecture Day (WAD) 3.0 at Tun Jugah Shopping Mall here yesterday. In addition, Chan also advised architects to develop and promote ideas on buildings that are friendly to the environment.

Air-conditioning in buildings are major consumers of energy and if architects design buildings that are energy efficient so that the same degree of air-conditioned comfort can be provided with less energy consumption, this can make a difference to our environment, he said.

Meanwhile, Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia Sarawak Chapter (PAMSC) deputy chairman Mike Boon said this years WAD organised by PAMSC comprised three events namely the WAD

T-Shirt Design Competition, WAD Urban Installation Competition and an exhibition showcasing architecture installations from shortlisted participants.

The events are planned to promote good architecture, raise public awareness about architecture and to create a platform for discourse amongst architects and students of architecture, he remarked.

Boon and Chan later presented prizes to winners of WAD T-Shirt Design Competition and WAD Urban Installation Competition Sara Wee and Cika Ai respectively.

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Several former presidents of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) are leading a revolt against its willingness to comply with new building regulations intended to avoid another Priory Hall dbacle.

An extraordinary general meeting of members will take place on October 14th to debate a motion that the amended regulations will not achieve the objective of better consumer protection and will place an intolerable liability on architects.

It calls for the regulations to be amended to deliver a system of building control to protect consumers interests and ensure that the liability falling on participants in the building process is reasonable, appropriate and insurable.

Acceptable measuresIf Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan does not agree to amend the regulations in the manner suggested, the motion calls on the RIAI to make it clear that the profession will not operate the system until acceptable measures are in place.

Former RIAI president Eoin Cofaigh has branded the regulations as an attempt to criminalise architects for the failure by local authorities to inspect construction sites, saying they were the 21st-century equivalent of hanging children for stealing sheep.

But current president Michelle Fagan insists that architects should have nothing to fear . . . Comments about bankruptcy and the unavailability of professional indemnity insurance make no contribution to achieving a fair and workable system.

In a message to members, she said architects have always had to carry a substantial burden of liability because of their role in building projects. That is a reality that all practising architects, myself included, have to deal with throughout our professional lives.

Ms Fagan said there had been substantial stakeholder engagement by the Department of the Environment. We have already made good progress and are confident of making more progress through our participation in the stakeholder process.

Some suggest that we should walk away from these discussions. Why would we do so when we have achieved important changes with more in the pipeline? You have to ask yourself what would happen to the interests of architects if the RIAI walked away from the table.

Based on recent experience, she warned that the other parties around the table would continue the discussions and come up with an agreement which we would have to swallow because it would be imposed upon us or we would have to try to unpick.

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The former architects of the long-delayed CentrePointe project in downtown Lexington have not been paid more than $430,000 for their services, according to documents filed Thursday. But developers of the project said Friday that the architects have been paid in full.

EOP Architects of Lexington filed a lien against the CentrePointe property on Thursday. According to the documents filed with the Fayette County Clerk, EOP says CentrePointe's developer, the Webb Companies, owes the firm $432,789.56.

Dudley Webb, the company's chairman, told the Herald-Leader Friday that he has already paid EOP for their services and plans to fight the lien. Thursday's filing will not slow the project's progress, Webb said.

Webb said EOP has been paid $207,808.19, including $25,000 that EOP requested after it pulled out of the project in August.

Rick Ekhoff, an architect who worked on CentrePointe, said it was unfortunate that EOP had to resort to a lien.

"When EOP chose to withdraw from the CentrePointe project at the end of August, the firm was owed past-due fees for services," Ekhoff said. "We are unfortunately being forced to resort to these actions in order to collect."

Ekhoff said he couldn't comment further on the lien.

After the Courthouse Area Design Review Board gave conditional approval to the CentrePointe design at an Aug. 21 meeting, EOP pulled out of the project which has been stalled since 2008. EOP officials declined then to say why they severed ties with the Webb Companies. According to the lien filed Thursday, EOP last provided services on the project on Aug. 30.

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