TRIKONA12-MIDAS ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL-COUNTDOWN STARTS

TRIKONA-12 ARCHIFEST STARTS TOMORROW-14TH AND 15TH APRIL 2012. COUNTDOWN STARTS FOR THE EXTRAVAGANZA OF ARCHITECTURE WITH COMPETITIONS, LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS. A CHANCE FOR STUDENTS AND ARCHITECTS TO ENJOY AND EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE.

EXHIBITION OF STUDENT WORKS . THE THEME "DESIGN FROM WASTE" WILL BRING NEW THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TO ARCHITECTURE.

VISIT WWW.midas.ac.in for more details. Transportation arranged from important points from Chennai city.Contact 9176207922-Keerthana for registration.

TRIKONA12-MIDAS ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL

BASITH HASSAN JAFFER KHAN - I

RAHIMA JAFFER KHAN

My mother and father in 1954. My life and my inspiration. BHJaffer Khan was an expert in rural development and panchayathi raj. A close associate of Kamaraj Nadar- the first CM of Tamil Nadu, he has met Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehruji. He was a freedom fighter and refused to migrate to Pakistan in 1948.

As a BDO in Gingee, he trained Gopal Krishna Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma and Rajaji during his administrative services rural training.

His expertise was in Rural development and Village Administration.

Muppozudum Un Karpanaigal- Shot at The Gardens Bangalore designed by Jaffer AA Khan

Bangalore's most premium "ETA Gardens" designed by Architect Jaffer AA Khan RIBA, of JDS Architects, Bangalore was almost entirely featured in the film "Muppozhudum un Karpanaigal" a tamil feature film released recently.

The project is a premium 2.1 million sft residential apartments in 16 acres which was the first green housing project cleared by the MOEF, GOI in 2005. With state of the art facilities the project has 937 units with two swimming pools and host of features.