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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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    Teaching Business Skills to Architecture Students; A Case for Curriculum Change
    (Journal of the Association of Architectural Educators in Nigeria, 2007-09) Lawal, Lateef Ademola; Abdulrahman, Mukaila E.
    The 21st century is characterised by advancement in technology, communication and globalisation. Critical and imperative to this advancement is opportunity for people to compete. This paper takes a look at teaching of business skills to architecture students. It examines entrepreneurship approach as an avenue for the architecture students to create and develop their own businesses as a way of addressing unemployment after graduation. The paper recognises that technological changes have had their impact on the practice of architecture hence the need for students to be imbued with IT architecture skills to enable them perform various tasks. The paper further identifies the decline in the number of architectural design competitions in schools of architecture. These competitions are vehicles for promotion and exposure of budding talents, so the paper advocates for their organization and resuscitation in schools of architecture in Nigeria.