African Architecture and Design

A Hub for African Architecture, Design and Eco-friendly Development projects.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Design Decisions

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Their website says "... Design Decisions is an interior design firm established in California in 1990. Our Lagos office opened in 199...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

India’s First Green Housing Project Completed

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In an article featured in the blog Inhabitat , it says "...According to the Planning Commission, India will need to generate at least 7...
Saturday, July 12, 2008

Sanyo's Solar Ark

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Photon International says "....In 2000, Sanyo claimed it wanted to create a 3.4 MW installation, the world's largest PV system, as...
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 ...
Saturday, June 28, 2008

All Purpose Shelters Limited

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Their website says that All Purpose Shelters Limited operates as a consortium of Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Structural/Civil Engineers...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Lagos Energy City

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Lagos Energy City is a 763 hectare project that will enhance the role of Nigeria and West Africa to be a leading player in the energy indus...
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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Pinconsult Associates Ltd

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According to their website PINCONSULT ASSOCIATES "..was established in 1985 to provide highly competent professional consultancy servi...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Bamboo Revolution

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In an article in Newsweek magazine titled "Stronger than Steel" , Lily Hunag writes about how "bamboo may be the most useful...
Sunday, March 16, 2008

Affordable prefab from South Africa

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Inhabitat says "..ABŌD™ is a prototype prefab created by BSB Design for use as affordable housing in South Africa.The simple design us...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

West African Commercial Architecture

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Commercial architecture within West Africa from Banjul to Yaounde is coming into its own style. SkyscraperCity profiles some of these proje...
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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Centre d'Art Applique

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Centre d'Art Applique could be described as the first African industrial design centre that specializes in Product,furniture,packaging...

CobHouse

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Cobhouse is an environmentally sustainable project by Simric Yarrow to build alternative buildings out of Cob, sustainable timber,straw and...
Sunday, December 09, 2007

Zambian Architecture

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The Zambian Architecture website writes about traditonal design types as well construction methods in Vernaluar Zambian Architecture.The us...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Henry Liu's Green Fly-Ash Bricks

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The National Science Foundation website says "...Researchers have found that bricks made from fly ash--fine ash particles captured as ...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Highly Efficient Green Buildings

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Quirks and Quarks says "...Most people agree that a major problem facing our planet today is the rising level of greenhouse gasses in ...
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Friday, November 09, 2007

ApproVideo

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The ApproVideo website is "... a new Video wiki/blog site developed by the Engineering for Developing Communities Program (EDC) at the...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Afritects of South Africa

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Afritects was established in 1998 and has quickly established itself as one of the notable practices in Johannesburg – South Africa. The fi...
Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Modern Green Architecture in Accra

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In article by Shelley D. Hutchins featured in Architect Magazine "...California-based Stephen H. Kanner, FAIA, has expanded his practi...
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Saturday, September 08, 2007

Beckmann-N’Thépé Architects

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Françoise N’Thépé and Aldric Beckmann, founders of Paris-based firm Beckmann-N’Thépé Sam Lubell's article in Archrecod says"...It...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Uche Isichei Architects

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According to their website "... Uche Isichei Architects are a small design oriented architectural practice offering creative solutions...
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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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