TTIA Member Forum

A new Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Architects (TTIA) Member Forum has been set up to facilitate both public and private and confidential discussion between architects and also members of the public. The member forum runs on the phpBB3 forum system, now the most widely used forum and bulletin board online community system worldwide.
The forum [...]

TTTI Statement on News Headline in context of Commission of Enquiry

In an official address to the Members and Friends of the Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute (TTTI), TTTI Chairman Victor Hart has issued this important message:
Dear Members and Friends of TTTI
The Sunday Guardian carried a headline to an article which quoted me on the current Commission of Enquiry impasse which read:
‘Hart, Warner slam Government’. For [...]

Press Release: Official Website of the Board of Architecture of Trinidad and Tobago

PRESS RELEASE
Thursday 29th October 2009
The official website of the Board of Architecture of Trinidad and Tobago (BoATT) has been unofficially launched as of Wednesday 28th October 2009.
The Board of Architecture of Trinidad and Tobago is a body corporate established under Section 3 of Act No 19 of 1992, cited as the Architecture Profession Act, 1992. [...]

RIBA removes Percentage Fee Graph

In what seems to be an unprecedented move in the UK , the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has, as of the 23rd October, informed its architects that is has removed the percentage fee graph from the Client’s Guide.
The RIBA wrote to its members to offer up an explanation why it has removed the [...]

TT Transparency Institute Address to ACSAC Architects Regarding the Commission of Enquiry

ACSAC Address
In an address to the Association of Commonwealth Societies of Architects in the Caribbean (ACSAC) on 9 October 2009 at Hotel Normandie, Port of Spain, Trinidad, the Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute (TTTI) addressed transparency and accountability in the Trinidad & Tobago construction industry amidst rising tensions and concerns regarding the ongoing Commission of [...]

Trinidad & Tobago architects call for slower approach to construction

In an article published by the Trinidad Guardian on the 12th October 2009, the Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Architects (TTIA) President Arch. Gary Turton called for “a slower and balanced approach” towards construction in the country.
Arch. Turton spoke at a seminar in the Architects Amphitheater to commemorate World Day of Architecture 2009 at the [...]

The Architecture of “Gumption”: Exhibition Review

t’s not the Hatfields and the McCoys, Yankees-Red Sox or even Palin-Letterman. Increasingly, though, emerging American architects are settling into two opposing camps. On one side are the digerati: the inventive, computer-savvy futurists creating on-screen worlds that may or may not succeed in built form. On the other are the communitarians: politically committed designers using [...]