Articles Tagged with ''Africa''

Lycée Schorge by Kéré Architecture

Koudougou, Burkina Faso

Jenna M. McKnight

January 1, 2017

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An innovative use of local materials engenders an inspiring setting for learning in Burkina Faso.

Francis Kéré Envisions House of Parliament for Burkina Faso

The award-winning architect, who was born in the West African country, has proposed a dramatic new capitol to replace the former one destroyed during a 2014 revolt.

Jenna M. McKnight

October 11, 2016

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In late 2014, citizens of Burkina Faso revolted against the country’s dictatorial leader, President Blaise Compaoré, and set fire to the parliament house, leaving it a charred ruin in the capital city of Ouagadougou.

Kasungu Maternity Waiting Village by MASS Design Group

Malawi

Miriam Sitz

July 1, 2016

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A short-term-housing village in Malawi by MASS Design Group provides safety and comfort for expectant mothers.

Rains Destroy Award-Winning Floating School in Lagos Shantytown

Jake Bittle

June 8, 2016

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An award-winning floating school designed by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi for a shantytown in Lagos collapsed this week under heavy rainfall.

Exploring Africa’s Creative Landscape

The Philadelphia Museum of Art aims to enrich perceptions of Africa through a sweeping presentation of art, architecture, and design.

Jenna M. McKnight

May 18, 2016

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When the Philadelphia Museum of Art started to plan an exhibition about Africa, it informally surveyed visitors, asking for their general impressions of the continent.

Architecture of Independence: African Modernism

Exhibition Gives New Perspective to African Design

January 21, 2016

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A traveling exhibition opening next week at Chicago's Graham Foundation shines a big spotlight on design in Africa.

Ilima Primary School

A remote Congolese village promises to protect the rain forest in exchange for an innovative school building.

Laura Raskin

January 1, 2016

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MASS Design group is used to working in remote places. Building schools or health centers where there were none and training local labor is practically written into its DNA.

African Modernism: The Architecture of Independence — Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia

October 16, 2015

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Karl Henrik Nostvik's 1973 Kenyatta International Conference Center in Nairobi. The dearth of literature on African architecture has long been a source of frustration for the continent’s design community.

Diébédo Francis Kéré Designs Educational Campus for Mama Sarah Obama Foundation

Miriam Sitz

September 28, 2015

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Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has created plans for the $12 million headquarters of the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation in Kogelo, Kenya—an organization established by the grandmother of President Barack Obama that feeds and educates children and impoverished families.