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 Thu, 11/10/2011 - 12:39
ANZA is an architectural magazine dedicated to exploring people and spaces through in-depth articles, images, scenes and discussions that go beyond the lines that divide building and sky.
In their exploration, they hope to better understand the transforming East-African cities – and their identities – by looking at past, present, and future with fun, seriousness and humor.
In this way, they hope to shape the planning, engineering, and architecture of our cities; and add richness to our living spaces. With the vision of creating a platform for discourse on the transforming cities of East Africa, Camenzind (an Association based in Zurich) launched a workshop: “East Africa’s first architectural magazine: Camenzind goes East Africa,” that would produce an architectural magazine following the development of the region’s metropolis’.
The aim of the workshop was both to produce the first issue of such a magazine, as well as establish a team that would sustain a biannual publication.
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 Wed, 11/24/2010 - 17:41
Architecture Kenya was founded in May 2010 with a mission to deliver the most comprehensive information related to architecture, urban design, research and sustainable design in Kenya to people around the world on a daily basis. It is an online source of information for a growing number of people interested in Kenyan architectural news, projects, products, events, jobs, interviews and competitions among others. Architecture Kenya was founded in May 2010 with a mission to deliver the most comprehensive information related to architecture, urban design, research and sustainable design in Kenya to people around the world on a daily basis. It is an online source of information for a growing number of people interested in Kenyan architectural news, projects, products, events, jobs, interviews and competitions among others.
The website is also a platform for promoting young architects, artists and designers in Kenya.
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 Tue, 05/25/2010 - 12:42
A presentation of the French Cultural Institute in Mauritius designed by Lampotang & Siew Architects Ltd (Mauritius). General Concept
o The project was designed just when the French motion on Cultural diversity motion was presented at UNESCO in Oct 2005.
o Mauritius is a melting pot and a laboratory of cultures.
o The new Institute was seen by us as a cultural meeting platform for all Asian, African, and European cultures.
How ?
o We have used the natural topography and created an upper ground floor keeping all the 3 existing mature trees inside the building with nature playing the star role of the central void.
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 Fri, 10/30/2009 - 13:42
Rexford Assasie Oppong is a Senior Lecturer of Architecture in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) Kumasi. Rexford is currently undertaking a PhD studies in the School of Architecture - University of Liverpool, UK. The PhD research centres on “Architectural Taste/Habitus”: in Search of Responsive Architecture in Ghana (A Case for Africa). He is the winner of THE APPRAISAL INSTITUTE PRIZE for the best paper (The paradox of landlessness – housing transformation and development at Abakam fishing village in Ghana) Delivery Award at the African Real Estate Society (AfRES)/Commonwealth Association of Surveyors and Land Economists (CASLE); Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)//International Real Estate Society (IRES) organised/sponsored 2007 International Conference held in Livingstone, Zambia. He has conducted series of research and presented his findings at international conferences/workshops and published in reputable journals/// Please click on FULL TEXT for a SUMMARY of PhD Research Overview & for a list of additional publications by R. A. Oppong available online/// REPORT on PhD Research Overview by R. A. Oppong attached below. "Architectural Taste/Habitus - Conflicts and Contradictions in Search of Responsive Green Urban Architecture in Ghana (A Case for Africa)"
Introduction
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 Tue, 04/07/2009 - 11:40
Regina Muchai, Kenyan trained and experienced physical planner, recently completed her masters of Science in the field of Urban Planning and Management at the International Institute for Geo-information
Science and Earth Observation (ITC) in the Netherlands (March 2009).
Here she presents her study into how informal areas can adapt
to current urban realities utilizing Geographic Information Systems as a way to enhance infrastructure affordability.
[Text by Regina Muchai]
The importance of appropriate planning standards has been emphasized
by various authors and planning professionals. It is truly not a novel idea.
However, a key justification to the use of appropriate planning standards
is to enhance infrastructure affordability by both the municipalities and
the community as well as to minimize the use of buildable urban land
thereby improving shelter provision strategies for the urban poor. In Kenya, there have been efforts to reformulate the planning standards in the
past years. Despite these efforts, these new lower standards have not
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 Sun, 10/05/2008 - 14:48
FARE is an architectural practice created in Rome in 2006 by Riccardo Vannucci and Giuseppina Forte, complemented by a team of young professionals. "Beyond the profession, social responsability as a matter of identity. Where human beings come first"
FARE is an architectural practice created in Rome in 2006 by Riccardo Vannucci and Giuseppina Forte, complemented by a team of young professionals.
Given our current condition as an outsider, FARE intentionally presents itself as an anomalous, and perhaps unexpected reality within the Italian panorama and the rituals that characterise it, including the widespread rhetoric of sustainability, eco-compatibility and bio-climatic architecture.
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 Fri, 06/13/2008 - 10:17
Mr Mbacké Niang is an architect, researcher and consultant who lives and works in Dakar, Senegal. Mr Mbacké Niang is an architect, researcher and consultant who lives and works in Dakar, Senegal. After having obtained degrees in architecture in Dakar and Paris, Mr Niang founded The Architecture and Research Agency MBN in 1981.
Recently Mr. Niang was entrusted the mission to design and lead the execution of the new Scientific and Technologic Park in Senegal.
This project and the curriculum vitae (in French) of this Senegalese architect are presented here.
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PARK OF SENEGAL
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 Tue, 04/15/2008 - 13:05
Cordelia Olatokunbo OSASONA is a registered Nigerian architect. She obtained B.Sc. and M. Sc. degrees in Architecture from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, and is the first female architect to be trained by the University. She is a mainstream academic, and presently the head of Architecture at OAU. She also holds a Master degree in Fine Arts.
Cordelia Olatokunbo OSASONA
is a registered Nigerian architect. She obtained B.Sc. and M. Sc. degrees in Architecture from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, and is the first female architect to be trained by the University. She is a mainstream academic, and presently the head of Architecture at OAU. She also holds a Master degree in Fine Arts.
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 Thu, 03/27/2008 - 15:35
ArchiAfrika
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. 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.
iStrike
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 Thu, 03/27/2008 - 15:13
Joe Osae-Addo
Joe Osae-Addo was born in Ghana, West Africa, and trained at the Architectural Association in London. He worked in Finland, the UK and the USA, setting up his practice in Los Angeles in 1991. His work has been influenced by ‘genus-loci’, and how architecture can/ should respond to this in creating pieces which are both site specific and meet the needs of people who will interact with it. He is a founding partner in the A + D Museum, Los Angeles, whose mission is to advance knowledge and to enable people to appreciate and understand architecture and design. He moved back to his native country Ghana in 2004 and is currently the CEO of Constructs LLC, an inno-native design firm based in Accra and Tamale in Ghana, West Africa. Joe Osae-Addo was born in Ghana, West Africa, and trained at the Architectural Association in London. He worked in Finland, the UK and the USA, setting up his practice in Los Angeles in 1991. His work has been influenced by ‘genus-loci’, and how architecture can/ should respond to this in creating pieces which are both site specific and meet the needs of people who will interact with it. He is a founding partner in the A + D Museum, Los Angeles, whose mission is to advance knowledge and to enable people to appreciate and understand architecture and design.
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