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 Tue, 04/29/2008 - 13:11
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. For more information about Bureau Afrique, have a look at www.bureauafrique.nl
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. For more information about Bureau Afrique, have a look at www.bureauafrique.nl
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 Tue, 04/08/2008 - 15:29
Anne-Katrien Denissen
Ouvrons nos esprits… et nos cœurs. Let us keep both our minds… and our hearts open.
This is how Victor Emmanuel Cabrita, President of the Dak’art 2006 Orientation Committee starts the introduction of this year’s Biennal catalogue.
The year 2006 is a year of changes, the most important one probably being the opening to international expertise. The ‘biennale de Dakar’ keeps on developing and improving in a professional way. With the changes made this year, Dak’art should increasingly become a place for African artists to find an international audience.
Ouvrons nos esprits… et nos cœurs. Let us keep both our minds… and our hearts open.
This is how Victor Emmanuel Cabrita, President of the Dak’art 2006 Orientation Committee starts the introduction of this year’s Biennal catalogue.
The year 2006 is a year of changes, the most important one probably being the opening to international expertise. The ‘biennale de Dakar’ keeps on developing and improving in a professional way. With the changes made this year, Dak’art should increasingly become a place for African artists to find an international audience.
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 Tue, 04/08/2008 - 15:27
Berend van der Lans
On the 8th of June the conference African Architecture Today, held at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana was drawn to a close. Speakers and participants from all over the continent, as well as from the United States and Europe, were present to try to define African architecture and the state it is in at present. Via introductions by Paul Oliver (UK) – who has been studying the vernacular architecture world over – and Labelle Prussin (USA) – involved in many building projects in Ghana’s early days, whilst teaching at the KNUST in Kumasi – the participants were lead from traditional to the recent architectural developments. On the 8th of June the conference African Architecture Today, held at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana was drawn to a close. Speakers and participants from all over the continent, as well as from the United States and Europe, were present to try to define African architecture and the state it is in at present.
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 Tue, 04/08/2008 - 15:25
Neza Cebron Lipovec
In the first week of February the Malian capital Bamako hosted more than 400 experts, from approximately 75 countries, working in the domain of earthen architecture and its preservation. Organized by Getty Conservation Institute and the Malian Ministry of Culture, the 10th edition of the “Terra” conference for the first time took place in Africa, so to allow a larger focus on African issues in earthen architecture. In the first week of February the Malian capital Bamako hosted more than 400 experts, from approximately 75 countries, working in the domain of earthen architecture and its preservation. Organized by Getty Conservation Institute and the Malian Ministry of Culture, the 10th edition of the “Terra” conference for the first time took place in Africa, so to allow a larger focus on African issues in earthen architecture.
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 Sun, 04/06/2008 - 14:47
Ursula Troche
Nairobi, Kenya was venue of the World Social Forum at the end of January. Among the hottest topics that were addressed was the urban condition, i.e. the informal settlements in which the poor live. Therefore, here lies an important concern for architects. A prominent figure in this endeavour, was certainly Hassan Fathy of Egypt, who popularised not only housing for the poor but also economical and environmentally friendly ways of building, such as the use of mud, as it had been used traditionally as well. Nairobi, Kenya was venue of the World Social Forum at the end of January. Among the hottest topics that were addressed was the urban condition, i.e. the informal settlements in which the poor live. Therefore, here lies an important concern for architects. A prominent figure in this endeavour, was certainly Hassan Fathy of Egypt, who popularised not only housing for the poor but also economical and environmentally friendly ways of building, such as the use of mud, as it had been used traditionally as well.
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 Thu, 03/27/2008 - 14:55
Annemieke de Kler
From October 2 until December 3, the exhibition ‘Asmara – Africa’s Secret Modernist City’ was held at the Deutsches Architektur Zentrum in Berlin. For the first time the rich architectural heritage of Africa’s secret modernist city Asmara was on show in Europe. The exhibition in Berlin, based on the book Asmara - Africa's Secret Modernist City by Edward Denison, Guang Yu Ren and Naigzy Gebremedhin, was the initiative of the Asmara Project Group, in which Eritrean and German architects worked closely together. From October 2 until December 3, the exhibition ‘Asmara – Africa’s Secret Modernist City’ was held at the Deutsches Architektur Zentrum in Berlin. For the first time the rich architectural heritage of Africa’s secret modernist city Asmara was on show in Europe. The exhibition in Berlin, based on the book Asmara - Africa's Secret Modernist City by Edward Denison, Guang Yu Ren and Naigzy Gebremedhin, was the initiative of the Asmara Project Group, in which Eritrean and German architects worked closely together.
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 Thu, 03/27/2008 - 14:53
The Housing Generator project was developed in 1996 by the Rotterdam Architectural Academy in cooperation with the Urban Sector Network of the University of Natal. The Housing Generator project was developed in 1996 by the Rotterdam Architectural Academy in cooperation with the Urban Sector Network of the University of Natal. The central theme of the Housing Generator was low-cost housing and its possible role in the South African city. A competition was organised on this theme by three locations in Durban, East London and Benoni (Johannesburg).
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 Thu, 03/27/2008 - 14:50
Neza Cebron Lipovec
In 1979, the historic royal compound of the capital of the Abyssian kings, Fasil Ghebbi (fig.1) in Gondar, Ethiopia, was listed as a World Heritage Site . Not only, as stated by the III criterion, it bears an exceptional testimony of cultural tradition or a civilization that has disappeared: known as the Gondarine “Renaissance”. In 1979, the historic royal compound of the capital of the Abyssian kings, Fasil Ghebbi (fig.1) in Gondar, Ethiopia, was listed as a World Heritage Site . Not only, as stated by the III criterion, it bears an exceptional testimony of cultural tradition or a civilization that has disappeared: known as the Gondarine “Renaissance”. Moreover, in accordance with the II criterion, it exhibits important interchange of human values, over a span of time and within a defined area, mainly in architecture and technology.
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 Thu, 03/27/2008 - 14:01
D.J. Huppatz
In the last two weeks, there has been much hype accompanying the imminent New York auction of Jean Prouvé’s Maison Tropicale. One of three prototypes developed by Prouvé around 1950 for the French colonial administration, the prefabricated aluminum bungalow has been recently restored and is currently sitting on a vacant lot in Long Island City, Queens, waiting for someone with a spare five or six million dollars to take it home. In the last two weeks, there has been much hype accompanying the imminent New York auction of Jean Prouvé’s Maison Tropicale. One of three prototypes developed by Prouvé around 1950 for the French colonial administration, the prefabricated aluminum bungalow has been recently restored and is currently sitting on a vacant lot in Long Island City, Queens, waiting for someone with a spare five or six million dollars to take it home. Prouvé was a designer dedicated to economy of materials and construction and the Maison certainly looks like a model of industrial efficiency.
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 Thu, 03/27/2008 - 13:44
Korantemaa Larbi
The 5th International Building and Construction Exhibition was held at the International Conference Center in Accra, Ghana from the 12th to the 15th of October, 2007. This year’s was special as it was held in the jubilee year of Ghana’s independence and was dubbed: National Assignment: 50 years of building a nation and housing the people: The way forward. The 5th International Building and Construction Exhibition was held at the International Conference Center in Accra, Ghana from the 12th to the 15th of October, 2007. This year’s was special as it was held in the jubilee year of Ghana’s independence and was dubbed: National Assignment: 50 years of building a nation and housing the people: The way forward.
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