{"id":9282,"date":"2017-02-02T16:03:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T15:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9282"},"modified":"2017-04-20T14:32:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T13:32:24","slug":"frank-nwobuora-mbanefo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/frank-nwobuora-mbanefo\/","title":{"rendered":"FRANK, Nwobuora Mbanefo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chartered architect, bom November 27,1927, Onitsha, Anambra State; married Alice Mbanefo (nee Brechbuh of Beme, Switzerland), one son, one daughter; Education: Christ The King College, Onitsha, 1944-48, Royal Institute of British Architects, Municipal College, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England, 1951-54, Graduate of Municipal College, Southend- On-Sea, Essex, England, 1954-56; Career: AppointedArchitectural Assistant, National Coal Board, Dudley, Worcestershire, 1956- 57; Assistant Architect, Roland Ward&#038; Part ners, London, 1957-58; Assistant Architect, Fry, Drew8cPartners, London, 1958-59;As sistant Architect, Sir John Burnet, Tate &#038; Partners, London, 1960; appointed Project Architect, Godwin &#038; Hopwood, Lagos, Ni geria, 1060-63; established own practice, Frank Mbanefo &#038; Associates, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, 1964; Project Architect, (Nigerian Civil War), Burckhardt Architekten, Basel, Switzerland; reopened own practice, Frank Mbanefo &#038; Associates, Enugu, Nigeria, 1972; Trustee, Nigerian Urban Forum, 1995- date; Director, &#8220;EPCON&#8221; The Zonal Project Management Consultants for PTF Zone II, 1996-date; Founding Member, Nigerian In stitute ofArchitects, (NIA), 1960; Registered Member, Royal Institute of British Archi tects, 1962;Africa Representative, Steering Committee ofCommonwealth Association of Architect, 1963-65; Chairman, Eastern States Chapter ofNigeria Institute of Architect, 1974-76; Architect Member, East Central State Open Spaces Commission, 1974-78; Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Architects, 1977; Leader, Nigerian Institute of Archi tects Teamon the BuildingContracts Review Joint Board, 1987-88; National President, Nigerian Institute of Architects, 1989-91; Vice President for Africa, Commonwealth Association of Architects, 1994-97; Presi dent Architects Registration Council ofNi geria, 1997-date; Patron, Nigerian Legacy, Lagos; President of SCIAN, (Spinal Cord Injuries Association ofNigeria) Enugu Chap ter; Member, Society of Onitsha; Award\/ Honour: Winner, Students Best Designer Prize, R.I.B.A., (Essex &#038; Cambridge Chap ter); winner, 11th Prize Winner (out of 18 prizes and 200 entries), International Com petition for the Replanning of the Zurich MainRailwayStationand CityCentre,Swit zerland, 1970; Address: Frank Nbanefo As sociates, Ezelagbo House, Park Avenue, GRA, Enugu, Enugu State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9282","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9282"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}