Articles Tagged with ''Africa''

Ilima Primary School

A remote Congolese village promises to protect the rain forest in exchange for an innovative school building.

January 1, 2016

MASS Design group is used to working in remote places. Building schools or health centers where there were none and training local labor is practically written into its DNA.

African Modernism: The Architecture of Independence — Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia

October 16, 2015

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Karl Henrik Nostvik's 1973 Kenyatta International Conference Center in Nairobi. The dearth of literature on African architecture has long been a source of frustration for the continent’s design community.

Diébédo Francis Kéré Designs Educational Campus for Mama Sarah Obama Foundation

Miriam Sitz

September 28, 2015

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Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has created plans for the $12 million headquarters of the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation in Kogelo, Kenya—an organization established by the grandmother of President Barack Obama that feeds and educates children and impoverished families.

Center for Health Care and Social Promotion

Just What the Doctor Ordered: Diébédo Francis Kéré's latest project brings much-needed medical care to a remote area in Burkina Faso.

Jenna M. McKnight

August 16, 2015

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Diébédo Francis Kéré's latest project brings much-needed medical care to a remote area in Burkina Faso.

THREAD: Artists' Residence & Cultural Center

Common Thread: A light-filled artists' residence in a remote Senegalese village encourages dialogue while serving its community.

Anna Fixsen

June 16, 2015

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A light-filled artists' residence in a remote Senegalese village encourages dialogue while serving its community.

Konokono Vaccination Center

Made In the Shade: A desert clinic shifts notions about traditional materials and becomes a gathering place for a nomadic population.

David Cohn

June 16, 2015

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A desert clinic shifts notions about traditional materials and becomes a gathering place for a nomadic population.

Chipakata Children's Academy by 14+ Foundation

Chipakata, Zambia

Josephine Minutillo

June 16, 2015

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New York-based 14+ Foundation builds its first school in Zambia, Africa, to ease the commute of children in underserved rural communities.

David Adjaye: Form, Heft, Material

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May 16, 2015

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Edited by Okwui Enwezor and Zoë Ryan in consultation with Peter Allison; Yale University Press , April 2015, 296 pages, $55. Wrapped in golden tracery, this nearly 300-page book showcases the sophistication and craftsmanship of the London-based architect David Adjaye. The book's material is drawn from an exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago (where it's on view until January 3, 2016) and the Haus der Kunst in Munich (through May 31). The introduction, written by curators Zoë Ryan and Okwui Enwezor, defines two essential threads in Adjaye's work: a strong sense of artistry, materiality, and craft, as well

Two Exhibitions Give New Perspective to African Design

March 17, 2015

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Two exhibitions currently on view at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, shine a big spotlight on design in Africa.

Newsmaker: Olajumoke Adenowo

January 20, 2015

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Olajumoke Adenowo has been practicing architecture in Nigeria for more than a quarter of a century. Still, she became significantly better known when CNN named her “Africa’s star architect” in December, as part of a report on her Lagos-based practice, AD Consulting.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course highlights the benefits, applications, and design potential of expanded mesh and perforated metal in creating sustainable, inspiring architectural projects.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/Elective; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This webinar offers strategies to develop next-gen leaders, enhancing value, retention, and resilience for architecture firms.