Get to know more than eighteen contemporary architecture projects in Africa.
Image 34 of 50 from gallery of The Nest / Porky Hefer Design. Photograph by Katinka Bester
"When I was first confronted with the question of an opera house for Africa, I initially thought it was a joke. Such a fantasy could only come from somebody...
Malawi Kandewe Bridge / Rwanda King’s Hut interior / exterior / Niger / Egypt / Libya / Chad / Ivory Coast / Guinea Bissau / Mauritania / Benin tata somba / Namibia / Senegal / Swaziland Cult…
Image 1 of 15 from gallery of Dalston Lane / DROO Architects. Photograph by Henry Woide
Beyond the West inspires a fresh understanding of global contemporary architecture in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. In the last decades Western architecture has largely dominated the discourse and the built environment worldwide. Recently architecture firms from non-Western countries have been establishing local and global recognition for themselves. Practices all over the world face challenges against a backdrop of rapidly growing cities, ecological demands, changing societies and climate, and emerging economies. Local architects often find strikingly different solutions to local requirements, including sustainability, transportation, migration, construction materials, and traditions. In Mexico, architects work closely with indigenous communities to create modular social housing that can be assembled in one week. In Namibia, a lodge in a wildlife conservancy is designed to echo a local birds nest, while in Vietnam, a library and public space have created a micro-ecosystem to house fish and grow food. Beyond the West journeys across Asia, Africa, and the Americas to understand how local architects respond to a changing world, and focuses its wide lens on inspiring and truly global architecture. - Hardcover, 9.5" x 11.75" - Number of pages: 304 - ISBN: 9783899558791
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The intricate paintings—representing everything from prayers to marriage announcements—originated in the 18th century.
Image 1 of 21 from gallery of Exploring Local Material in Contemporary Architecture: PWDC Transforms Building Surfaces in Nigeria. Abijo Mosque, Lagos showing laterite texture. Image © Mujib Ojeifo
Write moThe clients requested a 6-bedroomed family home with understated elegance and quiet grandeur, indoor / outdoor living spaces and uninterrupted views, wi…
Image 7 of 35 from gallery of Types of Spaces Installation at CONCÉNTRICO Festival / Palma + HANGHAR. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz
Mariam Kamara partage son temps entre le Niger et les Etats-Unis et revendique un modernisme ancré dans la culture et la tradition locales. A l'écart des modèles occidentaux, elle imagine des logements, des centres culturels ou des lieux de culte nourris par l'esprit des lieux. Rencontre depuis son atelier à Niamey.
Completed in 2008 in Gando, Burkina Faso. Images by Erik Jan Ouwerkerk. Two years after the completion of the Primary School, there was demand from more than 260 children from Gando and the surrounding region to attend...
