Purpose: This paper seeks to demonstrate the technical, structural, professional, legal, ethical, and financial setup involved in designing Ibom Power company housing estate within the waterfront of the Qua river estuary in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Methodology: Field observation/measurement, base map, site analysis and weather analysis were employed to generate data for the study. The qualitative study approach was further used to highlight the specific innovations brought into the design to overcome the spatial impediment posed by the waterfront and guarantee space and functional efficiency for the housing estate. Findings: Findings showed that space and functional efficiency can be achieved by adopting common design elements for managing site shape and topography to foster storm water drainage as well as providing well landscaped open spaces and Recommendations: Based on these findings, Architects and other allied professionals are encouraged to be flexible, innovative and creative while adopting common design elements for enhancing space and functional efficiency for waterfront development.

Enhancing Entrepreneurial Orientation and Business Development Capacity of Architects in Nigeria 1. Introduction Due to global financial crisis, unpredictable economy, societal changes and changing market demands there has been significant challenges and changes in the practice of architecture that calls for architects and architectural firms to adapt, innovate and redesign their business models in order to stay competitive. Scarcity of financial resources, integrated contracts and increasing competition among actors in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, has made the scope of architectural services to become less defined (Bos-de Vos, et al., 2014). In order to create and appropriate value architects have to become better and more knowledgeable entrepreneurs. Value creation in the creative industry in which architecture belongs has two dimensions-the symbolic (creative) and economic (Van Andel and Vandenbempt, 2012). The economic dimension keeps the business afloat and prosperous. It has as entrepreneurial construct factors such as planning, decision-making, innovation, marketing strategies, management, risk-taking, persistent, and financial management. The creative (symbolic) dimension plays an important role in value creation and capturing design processes of architectural firms (Bos-de Vos, et al., 2014). The architect plays many roles as problem solver and social engineer within the context of finding solutions to pressing issues of physical development, as an educationist and as an entrepreneur or businessman. Traditionally, the architect is trained to ultimately go into private practice with emphasis on building designs and supervision without adequate preparation to utilise opportunities opened to him in other business areas. Consequently, the architect fails to adapt to changing conditions in the economic and business environment. The business environment is an ever-changing area of activity. Many graduates of the departments/schools of architecture practice architecture by necessity (Reinholdt, 2015). Today's economic reality requires the reconciliation of the world of design and form with the world of business development (Reinholdt, 2015). However, due to the nature of their training, with no firm background on entrepreneurial and business development, architects in Nigeria are not equipped to practice with an appreciable degree of effectiveness and competitiveness. Therefore, there is need to develop practical approaches that merge entrepreneurship with the practice of architecture to create better value for the work of architects in Nigeria.