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Seminar ‘Urban rehabilitation and revitalization’ (08-07-2008)
From 19 to 21 October 2008 the international seminar ‘Urban rehabilitation and revitalization’ will take place in Oran, Algeria. The seminar is organised by the Col•legi d’Aparelladors i Arquitectes Tècnics de Barcelona, l’Agence Espagnole de Coopération Internationale pour le développement (AECI) and the Office National de Gestion et d’Exploitation des biens Culturels Protégés. The seminar will discuss themes of rehabilitation on an international level as well as on Algerian level and more specifically within the Sidi El Houari area in Oran.
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Transnational Exchange in African Architectures and Urbanisms
(12-06-2008)
At the next meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians in April 2009, a session is organised, called “Transnational Exchange in African Architectures and Urbanisms”. Scholars working on architecture and urbanism in Africa are invited to submit an abstract.
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Job opportunity in Africa II (10-06-2008)
The office of Lippsmeier + Partner Architekten in Nairobi Kenya, is looking for a junior architect to support one of their projects. The project consists of renovation, expansion and building of primary schools in the slums of Nairobi and is financed by the German government in the context of financial cooperation between Kenya and Germany. The tasks of the junior architect consist of supporting the project leader in office- drawing- and supervising activities. Cooperation with the project implementation team of the Ministry of Development and several help organisations will also be part of the assignment.
Please contact ArchiAfrika for more information.
------------------------------------------------------------------------Job opportunity in Africa I (10-06-2008)
The recently established African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town in South Africa is looking for three research officers. Candidates should have (or be near to completion) a PhD or substantial equivalent experience. It is essential that candidates are able to demonstrate their capacity to produce original research for academic publication as well as addressing current urban policy issues.
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Newsletter May (9-06-2008)
You can now download the Newsletter of May 2008 here.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsletter March (14-04-2008)
You can now download the Newsletter of March 2008 here.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Warwick Triangle: Integrating the Informal Economy into Urban Plans(20-03-2008)
On Thursday 27 March at 6.30pm, the South African architect Richard Dobson will present his work on Warwick Junction in Durban, South Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. A reception and display of photographer Dennis Gilbert's work on Warwick Junction will follow afterwards.
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Round table radio discussions (25-02-2008)
During the event African Perspectives two round-table discussions on African architecture were organized by Bureau Afrique (Radio Netherlands).
The English discussion was held with Ola Uduku, Nuru Inyangete and Antoni Folkers. Abdelmoumen Benabdeljalil, Antoni Folkers and Lassana Cissé participated in the French version. Both discussions were led by Helene Michaud and can be listened to here. For more information about Bureau Afrique, have a look at www.bureauafrique.nl------------------------------------------------------------------------
International Seminar: ‘Urbanisation in Africa: permanence and ruptures’ (21-02-2008)
From 2 to 5 July 2008, the Ecole Africaine des Métiers de l'Architecture et de l'Urbanisme (EAMAU) organizes the seminar : ‘Urbanisation in Africa : permanence and ruptures’, in Lomé, Togo. The deadline for submitting abstracts for the seminar, which is open to all interested, is 30 March.
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Two short films (21-02-2008)
During the weekend of 8 and 9 September 2007, Robert van Kats, Veerle Denissen and Ramon Boers went to London for the project The African House, to visit the Ghana@50 Housing Exhibition. Godson Egbo and Giles Omezi of the Bukka foundation, gave Robert and his crew a look into the British Ghanaian Diaspora and showed them not only the Exhibition but took them to many other interesting locations as well, like the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, Pennarth Street, and the Jesus House. The crew taped more then five hours of film and was able to make two short films out of their material: Ghana@50 and Transformation of Space.------------------------------------------------------------------------
African Architecture in ‘de Volkskrant’ (21-02-2008)
Inspired by the event African Perspectives, on February 7 the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant published an article on African architecture.
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Architecture du Maroc reports (15-02-2008)
In Architecture du Maroc’s first issue of 2008, Marwan Seddik reports on the student workshops with students of the TU Delft and l’Ecole Supérieure d’Architecture de Casablanca that have taken place during the event African Perspectives.
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WAN House of the Year Awards 2007 - winner announced
(15-02-2008)
The winner of this year’s WAN (World Architecture News) House of the Year 2007 has been awarded to “House J” designed by South African architect Kevin Fellingham (Kevin Fellingham Architecture).
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iStrike and doual’art presentation (04-02-2008)
Since 2005 iStrike and doual'art work together on SUD 2007, a long-term programme of cultural activities aimed at transforming the city of Douala (Cameroon) into a case study, to facilitate and multiply new site specific productions and to document, reinforce, consolidate and give international visibility to the cultural and innovative projects produced and based in Douala and in Cameroon. A presentation of both organisations and description of SUD 2007 can now be found in the network section of this website.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newsletter January (28-01-2008)
You can now download the Newsletter of January 2008 here.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preliminary program ‘Terra 2008’ (09-01-2008)
From 1 to 5 February 2008, the 10th international conference on the study and conservation of earthen architectural heritage, Terra 2008, will take place in Mali. The preliminary program of the conference can be downloaded here.------------------------------------------------------------------------
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