South African Interpretation Centre wins World Building of the Year at World Architecture Festival Awards 2009. Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre is sited at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers.

Interesting work from Karo Akpokiere of the SEEK Project.  Born and raised in lagos, Nigeria in the 80’s on a robust and consistent diet of cartoons, comic books and drawing time.

Paris architects Laetitia Delubac and Christian Félix have completed a holiday home and guest house in Siwa, Egypt.

New design proposal for the regeneration of Lekki waterfront

The proposal, currently with the Lagos Council, is an energy and resource efficient ‘mini eco-city’, covering 59.61 hectares.

The foremost annual exhibition of building materials and methods in Nigeria, organised by the Nigerian Institute of Architects.

Hogarth Architects have designed a holiday home in Kilifi, Kenya, that consists of huts on stilts and towers, connected by rope bridges.

Design
The remoteness of the site means that the lodges need to be as self sufficient as possible and easy to maintain.

 The hospital has been developed around an empty space, physically and ideally occupied by two enormous mango trees, located at the centre of the site (a plot of land on the banks of the Nile about 20 km from Khartoum).

BINTA ARMCHAIR

“Binta was inspired by Africa. Its sculptural shape evokes African wood carvings, but its polyurethane rubber forms are softer.

New Moroso products on show at the Milan furniture fair 22 -27 April 2009. A vibrant range of materials including Ankara and Adire with the exquisite use of  prints, patterns and weaves.

Images coutesy of Spotd

Snohetta create a unified vision for Gambia’s higher level educational institutions with the new university of gambia. The new university will relocate and unite three of Gambia’s existing formal institutions and one university in a single campus for 15,000 students.

Nigeria’s hopes pinned on Airport City for economic growth

“Yes, many of you, what you read about Nigeria must be a negative: corruption, insecurity, particularly when you talk about Niger Delta today,” said the Governor of the State of Niger, Mu’azu Babamgida Aliyu, earlier this week.

Exposition August 17-22 2009

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Abuja, F.C.T. Abuja,Nigeria

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