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Yasmin Shariff 



 


Yasmin Shariff trained at the Architectural Association, the Bartlett School of Architecture University College and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Her interest in environmental design and Islamic architecture permeates most of the work she undertakes. She has lectured widely on these subjects. Yasmin is currently a partner of Dennis Sharp Architects and a senior lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the University of Westminster. She has won several architectural and research awards.

Yasmin serves as an elected member of the Architects Registration Board and chaired the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Eastern Region. She was a member of the UK Government's national Sustainable Round Table, an official Evaluator for EU Framework projects, an assessor for the Civic Trust Awards and a member of RIBA Council.

Yasmin is a board member of the East of England Development Agency and of Arts Council East. She is also a member of the UK Government's Heritage Protection Review Steering Committee.

Education
1976-79            RIBA Part 1 Architectural Association, London
1981-83, 85      RIBA Parts 2 & 3 Dipl Arch Bartlett School, University College
                       London
1979-81            Master of Arts, School of Oriental and African Studies, London
                        University

Awards
2003                 RIBA East of England Spirit of Ingenuity Award
2001                 Malcolm Dean Award
2000                 Civic Trust Award Special Mention
1999                 European Union Thermie Award
                        “Theory and Practice of Energy Efficient Design”
1997                 National Lottery Arts For Everyone Express Grant “ Strawdance”
1979                                  Royal Institute of British Architects Research Award
                        “Designing for People with Mental Disabilities”.

Publications and Papers
Contributor:
The Guinness Book of Records 1492, ed Deborah Manley, London 1992 
The Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, ed Paul Oliver, Cambridge 1998
The Illustrated Dictionary of Architects and Architecture, ed Dennis Sharp, London 1991

Selected articles
Volume Hysteria, Planning in London, October 2004 p31-2
Renaissance Britain, Sunday Times Magazine, Hugh Pearman, 30 April 00 p 32
Sustaining the Development, Building Design, Hattie Hartman, 31 March 00 p25
Hay and Why, Building Design, Robert Bevan, 22 January 1999 p17-19
Misunderstanding Architecture, Architects' Journal, 27 Feb 1997 p24-5
Cities of the Future, Architects' Journal, 4 July 1996 p24-6
Facades of the Future, International Architecture &Construction, Vol 2, London1994 p63-9
Damage Limitation, Building Magazine Housing Supplement, London March 1993, p11-14
Zanzibar Village Builds on African and European Ideas, Architects' Journal, 7 Oct 1992 p27
Art of Aquatecture, World Architecture, No 12, London1991 p54-7
Water Structures of the Sultanate of Gujarat, Architectural Association Quarterly, Vol 13 No4, London,1982 p34-40

Conference Papers
East Coast Connections- Africa and America, National University of Mexico, Merida, Mexico, June 2005.
Suicide or Salvation, National University of Mexico, Mexico City June 2005
Renewable Energy for Multiple Occupancy Buildings (REMOB), Sustainable Homes Conference Warwick University, April 1998
Sustainable Development and Women, Workshop at the International Federation of University Women Council Meeting, Geneva, July 1997
Address to the UN Plenary on Sustainability at the Habitat 11 Istanbul Conference as an NGO representative of the International Federation of University Women June 1996
The Uses of Tradition in Building Sustainable Environments: Traditional N Indian Ecological Architecture. 4th Conference of IASTE Tunis Dec 1994
Conservation of Architectural Heritage: City of London: Facilitating Conservation and Urban Renewal, Amman Jordan Nov 1993

Writings available on CICArchitecture:
Gulru Necipoglu: The Age of Sinan - Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire (Review)

 


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