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    Capacity Building for the Training of Undergraduate Architecture Students in the 21st Century: A Case of FUT Minna
    (Journal of the Association of Architectural Educators in Nigeria, 2007) Lawal, Lateef Ademola; Aniya, Jonathan Unya; Tauheed, Alhaji Isah
    The role of facilities in any institution cannot be overemphasised. This is they constitute one of the critical tools for its development. The training of architecture students and the quality of graduates produced are dependent on, among other factors, the level of facilities (structural and technical) in place. However, strategic to this training are staff and buildings. This paper examines the need for capacity building for the training of architecture students in the Federal University of Technology, Minna. The paper traces the root for this need on the periodic admission policy of the university which has increased the student population making facilities on ground insufficient for staff and students respectively. The paper asserts that the School system (where facilities are shared among departments) in the university also plays a contributory role on the inadequacy of space. The paper proffers an upgrade of facilities on the one hand and academic staff development, on the other, to meet up with the existing gap.
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    Facilities Management: A Career for Architect Graduates and Implications for Curriculum Development
    (Journal of the Association of Architectural Educators in Nigeria, 2006-03) Aniya, Jonathan U.; Lawal, Lateef Ademola
    The challenge being faced by young architects in the present economic depression is so enormous that finding jobs seems a herculean task. This paper takes a look at facilities management as a career opportunity for architecture graduates. It underscores its importance as a key area where services can be offered to clients. This paper discovers that there is a wide gap which needs to be filled for facilities management to gain relevance in Nigeria. Proper inventories and relevant data on facilities management and creating awareness are suggested as methodological approaches toward job creation for the architect-graduates. It asserts that as a result of the changing world, architect graduates need to focus on other areas of human endeavour in order to develop a career in them. The paper concludes that due to changing needs and demands of the society, the contents of the education of architects need to be reviewed and updated. This, it opines, should accommodate facilities management into the curriculum of schools of architecture in Nigeria.