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CasaArt - Africa's Largest Theatre to be built in Morocco Casablanca set to boast new space for art and culture by 2015.	ArchiAfrika 'Duality' Edition - Newsletter November 2009 Read the ArchiAfrika 'Duality' Edition - November 2009 Newsletter here.
Peter Rich architects: Winner Culture Prize 2009 Architecture Festival Barcelona. Mapungubwe Interpretation Center (South Africa) by Peter Rich Architects: Winner Culture Prize 2009 Architecture Festival Barcelona.	Pictures of The African House: DVD Presentation and Debate Available Online View pictures of the event here.
The African House [TAH] - DVD Presentation & Debate @ ARCAM, The Netherlands Exploring Spatial Exchanges Through the African Diaspora// A collaboration between ArchiAfrika & STAND [Foundation Africa Next Door]	Call for Papers International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development in Amman, Jordan.

"Losing the Sense of Thatch" by R. A. Oppong
Changing trends in traditional African architecture; Reflections on the use of thatch as a roofing material.
Activism through Architecture and Urban Design. By Diane Arvanitakis
Full report on SHiFT: Social Housing Focus Trust in South Africa

Rexford A. Oppong - Bio & PhD Research Overview
"Architectural Taste/Habitus - Conflicts and Contradictions in Search of Responsive Green Urban Architecture in Ghana (A Case for Africa)".
Regina Njeri Muchai - Physical Planner; Nairobi, Kenya
How can the community be involved in planning and in the setting of appropriate local standards?