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 Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:29
The World Habitat Awards are presented each year at the global celebration of World Habitat Day. This is organised each year on the first Monday of October by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), providing a unique opportunity to focus attention on the importance of shelter in people's lives.
Two awards are given annually to projects from the global North as well as the South that provide practical and innovative solutions to current housing needs and problems. The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) to identify and promote examples of good housing practice. They were initiated as part of BSHF’s contribution to the United Nations International Year of Shelter for the Homeless in 1987. The concept of identifying good practice was virtually unknown in 1985 and the Awards were originally intended to run for only three years.
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 Fri, 03/05/2010 - 17:26
Our recently published 'African Perspectives 2009: Expedition to Maputo' booklet is now available to order online. Please click on Full Text above to find instructions how to order the booklet.
Please find the link to African Perspectives 2009: Expedition to Maputo booklet here:
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1216422
About: Following the African Perspectives side-event to Maputo in September
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 Tue, 03/02/2010 - 17:50
Pro Helvetia Cape Town, the Swiss Arts Council, presents «Nomadic Structures», a collaborative project by two Swiss artists – visual artist Kerim Seiler and dancer/choreographer Gregor Metzger – that will be installed in various urban and rural locations in South Africa in March and April 2010. Pro Helvetia Cape Town, the Swiss Arts Council, presents «Nomadic Structures», a collaborative project by two Swiss artists – visual artist Kerim Seiler (1974)and dancer/choreographer Gregor Metzger – that will be installed in various urban and rural locations in South Africa in March and April 2010.
«Nomadic Structures» is a travelling, mobile, public art project, and features ‘Pneuma Somnambul’ (or ‘Restless Spirit’) - a sculpture made up of a number of tetrahedron-shaped cells and decorated with colourful fluorescent lights that blink at a slow place.
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.jpg) Tue, 03/02/2010 - 17:30
How are the arts worldwide feeding civilizations? What are the implications for tapping the abundant local resources in Mali in the 21st century? The symposium reckons a major issue is sustainability. Through the years, many developmental initiatives have continued to emerge, but failed to roll out and be sustained. Interestingly, the symposium coincides with the celebration of the fifty year of independence of Mali. A call is made to arts professionals, researchers and interested others for contributions addressing one or more of the symposium strands: Arts Education Practice, Studio Practice, Curatorial/Museum/Community Arts Practice, Arts History/Criticism, Arts Administration/Management/Marketing Practice, and Open Session. The symposium entails paper presentations and practical activities such as workshops sessions, mini-projects, and artistic interventions that would result to an exhibition or public performance.
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 Fri, 02/19/2010 - 15:55
Please find the ArchiAfrika 'Maputo' Edition - January 2010 Newsletter attached. Please find the ArchiAfrika 'Maputo' Edition - January 2010 Newsletter attached.
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 Fri, 02/05/2010 - 07:55
In 2015, Casablanca will be able to boast that it has the largest theatre in Africa and in the Arab world. Architects Rachid Andaloussi from Morocco and Christian Portzamparc from France (born in Casablanca in 1944) won the international contest to realize the theatre CasaArt, a new space for art and culture which will be built, in the middle of the town of Casablanca on the place Mohammed V an area of the metropolis dedicated to the performing arts.
In 2015, Casablanca will be able to boast that it has the largest theatre in Africa and in the Arab world. Architects Rachid Andaloussi from Morocco and Christian Portzamparc from France (born in Casablanca in 1944) won the international contest to realize the theatre CasaArt, a new space for art and culture which will be built, in the middle of the town of Casablanca on the place Mohammed V an area of the metropolis dedicated to the performing arts.
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 Tue, 12/01/2009 - 19:59
Please find the ArchiAfrika 'Duality' Edition - November 2009 Newsletter attached. Please find the ArchiAfrika 'Duality' Edition - November 2009 Newsletter attached.
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 Fri, 11/20/2009 - 13:37
Elisabeth Bastemeijer
After the ‘Holcim Acknowledgement Prize for Sustainable Construction for the Africa / Middle East zone in 2008’, the South African firm ‘Peter Rich architects’ has been announced winner in the category of culture (completed buildings) of the 2009 World Architecture Festival in Barcelona. After the ‘Holcim Acknowledgement Prize for Sustainable Construction for the Africa / Middle East zone in 2008’, the South African firm ‘Peter Rich architects’ has been announced winner in the category of culture (completed buildings) of the 2009 World Architecture Festival in Barcelona
Apart from the excellent design skills from Peter Rich, we see this as an indication, that work from African architects is getting more and more attention and that architectural issues from Africa are no longer excluded from the global architectural debate.
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 Thu, 11/05/2009 - 17:21
Photos from ArchiAfrika's event: The African House DVD Presentation & Debate held at ARCAM (Amsterdam, 30 Oct 2009) are now available on our FLICKR (online photo gallery) account.
Please click on FULL TEXT to find the link. An evening of rich debate and the presentation of ArchiAfrika's recently released DVD: "The African House: Exploring Spatial Exchanges Through the African Diaspora" was held at the ARCAM (Amsterdam Centre for Architecture) on 30 OCT 2009. With special guest Ahmed Marcouch (Mayor of Amsterdam Slotervaart)attending.
A written report on the event will follow shortly.
Below please find the link to ArchiAfrika's FLICKR account (online photo gallery) hosting the photographs taken at the event.
[photos by Rachel Stella Jenkins]
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 Mon, 10/19/2009 - 16:19
30 october 2009 // 16:00hrs. // ARCAM; Prins Hendrikkade 600, Amsterdam// DVD presentation & Debate// SPECIAL GUEST: Mr. AHMED MARCOUCH [Mayor of Amsterdam Slotervaart]// Free Entrance// Spoken Language: English// Followed with drinks// Please find invitation attached below & further info available under FULL TEXT// 30 october 2009 / 16:00hrs. / ARCAM; Prins Hendrikkade 600, Amsterdam
DVD presentation & Debate/ Free Entrance/ Spoken Language: English/ Followed with drinks
Despite the massive economical impact of Diaspora groups within host countries - as well as in home countries, immigrants have remained invisible for a long period. This is now changing and the influence of immigrant groups is, on both sides, often experienced as disturbing.
It is time to start looking for the hidden opportunities and positive impulses that can be found within the Diaspora for host and home grounds.
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