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According to designboom "....snohetta create a unified vision for gambia?s higher level educational institutions with the new university of gambia. the new university will relocate and unite three of gambia?s existing formal institutions and oneuniversity in a single campus for 15,000 students. in addition to designing with the educational experiencein mind, snohetta also want the project to set new environmental standards. part of this …
African Architecture and Design 2012-11-19 15:23:00
According to Ventures Africa Nigeria architect, designer and ?urbanist?, Kunle Adeyemi of NLÉ in partnership with the Heinrich Boell Stiftung, has proposed plans to build a three-story school out of 16 floating platforms lashed together, capable of holding 100 students and teachers, in the waterfront slum of Makoko, area of Yaba, Lagos.Makoko, where shacks stand above the murky, fetid water on stilts of cast-aside lumber, is visible to …
African Architecture and Design 2012-07-24 06:40:00
According to Afritecture "...Hospices in the southern African country of Zambia are few, particularly outside the capital of Lusaka. In Chipata, population 98,416, and the capital of the Eastern Province of Zambia, the architectural duo ofELstudio and Blok Kats van Veen Architects (BKVV) were tasked by Foundation Chipata with designing a hospice that would not only relieve some of the distress of caring for the terminally ill, but …
African Architecture and Design 2012-07-24 05:55:00
There website says"...Ibuku is an international design-build team creating a new way of living. We exist to provide spaces in which people can live in an authentic relationship with nature. We do this by designing fully functional homes and furniture that are made of natural substances and built in ways that are in integrity with nature...""...Best know for creating the architecturally …
African Architecture and Design 2012-06-06 16:57:00
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African Architecture and Design 2012-06-06 16:39:00
Another Africa writes about a project that was recycling architecture between Ethiopia and Japan, "...Having lived in Japan for more than ten years as well as being born in Ethiopia, makes for an exotic and rare profile. In all my wanderings, I have hardly met any Ethiopians or Eritreans, Habesha people, in Japan. So, when I read about a project that …
African Architecture and Design 2012-06-05 21:32:00
The TwentyEleven project by Architects Chris Idema and Reinier Simons is an attempt create a multifunctional Fab Workshop as well as dwellings for the inhabitants of the slums of Kibera. According to them"...Together with 236 inhabitants (including 52 families, 15 small companies and three workshops (two specialized in wood, one of which will become a concrete workshop and one metal), …
African Architecture and Design 2011-12-21 10:21:00
Design Boom writes about "...tipu sultan merkez' earthen school in jar maulwi, pakistan by berlin-based architectural and engineering practice ziegert roswag seiler architekten ingenieure has received this year's holcim award for sustainable construction within the asia-pacific region. The first level of of the two-story building is constructed with cob walls comprised of locally sourced clay, sand, straw, water and earth. resting …
African Architecture and Design 2011-12-21 10:01:00
Design Boom writes about "...lisbon-based practice frederico valsassina arquitectos has designed the 'accra twin towers' to be positioned along liberia road in urban context of accra, ghana. overlooking the gulf of guinea, the pair of structures contrasts the encompassing development of dense suburban scale buildings, becoming a visible landmark. Placed upon a limited plot size, the program is divided into residential …
African Architecture and Design 2011-11-27 03:35:00
Their website says..."INCHSCAPE.Ki is a multi-disciplinary architectural practice with an approach of putting careful consideration into architecural briefs.Inchscape was established in 1983 as a full service firm,embracing true imagination and creative expertise that satisfy the client and the professional community.Photos courtesy of "INCHSCAPE.Ki
African Architecture and Design 2011-10-31 23:27:00
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African Architecture and Design 2011-10-27 06:51:00
These amazing photos of West African Frescoes created by the
African Architecture and Design 2011-10-27 05:10:00
According to their website "...Paragon Architects is a dynamic and innovative architectural design business, based in Johannesburg / South Africa, and active since 1997. It is the originator of the Paragon Group of design businesses.We love what we do, and it shows. Our work is driven by true passion for the process of architecture, and by a hands-on engagement with all …
African Architecture and Design 2011-10-13 07:45:00
According to Afritects Architects "....The Soweto Theatre is to provide equitable access to arts & culture facilities for the residents of Soweto, the largest satellite district of the city of Johannesburg. The aspirational characteristic of the first public building in Soweto was highlighted as necessitating a unique response calling for a building that the community would take ownership of and feel …
African Architecture and Design 2011-08-20 09:37:00
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African Architecture and Design 2011-08-20 09:02:00
African Architecture and Design 2011-03-26 11:13:00
according to their website "...Shrinkfish® is a newly incorporated Media Studios in Abuja, Nigeria with a special focus on animation and dynamic content as related to Entertainment, Corporate Identity, Branding, Advertisement solutions, Flash content, Internet and Multimedia presentations. It is our utmost intention to make a change in the animation and media industry in Africa starting from Nigeria...""...Apart from producing own …
African Architecture and Design 2010-07-10 17:27:00
Treehugger writes about Syrian Beehive houses that are "....Designed for the desert climate, the beehive homes keep the heat out in a few ways. Their thick mud brick walls trap in the cool and keep the sun out as well (beehive homes have very few, if any, windows). The high domes of the beehive houses also collect the hot air, moving …
African Architecture and Design 2010-07-10 17:03:00
Makezine writes about traditional wind-catchers that are built on the top of buildings in the city of Yazd in Iran. It says "...When I visited the 3000-year-old city of Yazd, Iran, the old school technology I was most fascinated by is the windcatcher. Seen atop many a building in this arid city with an annual rainfall of 2.4 inches and summer …
African Architecture and Design 2010-06-30 20:19:00
Lagos Keys is a proposed development by Pinnacle Point Group. According to there website "...Pinnacle Point Lagos Keys will create the ultimate luxurious lifestyle with opulent residential homes set on spacious 3000m² private erven, with panoramic vistas across the lush golf course and landscaped gardens. Offering picturesque serenity, breathtaking views and timeless elegance, these freestanding, sumptuous mansions and palatial villas will …
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