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Showing posts with label Sustainable Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sustainable Design. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Studio Monte Rosa

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According to the website of the Energy Science Center "...Studio Monte Rosa is a special mountain hut, which has been planned for the ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Open Architecture Network

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Open Architecture Network is an organisation started by Cameron Sinclair with the aim "....to generate design opportunities that will...
Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Building with Mud,Straw Bale and Timber can also help reduce our Carbon footprint

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Those of us that have been in a mud or adobe built building on a hot day are sure to notice how cool (temperature) they are compared to a co...
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Sunday, October 09, 2005

Tree Houses and Love Shacks

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Ahadu Abaineh's ideology is to alleviate the housing crises endemic in Ethiopia and other developing countries as well as encourage re-f...
Sunday, September 11, 2005

Ganvié the "Venice of West Africa"

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The architecture of most West African below sea level mangrove villages is dominated by buildings on stilts or poles. One of the most notabl...
Monday, August 29, 2005

Ndebele Building Ornamentation

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The art tradition of house painting or traditional house decoration is common among the numerous cultures of North and sub Saharan Africa. T...
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Ugo Okafor
Ugo Okafor is an Architect with extensive professional experience in Asia, Africa and Europe. His major interests are sustainable tropical architecture with an emphasis on the adaptation of local materials to the built environment. Chika Okafor is a serial entrepreneur that co-writes for Spectrum Women.
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