Deezen

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Swedish brand Cake has created an electric motorbike specifically for use in the remote South African bush that is "super-efficient" at catching animal poachers. It is the second product in Cake's Electric Bush Bike range after its Kalk AP was trialled last year by the Southern African Wildlife College.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Architects must take greater accountability for their sector to help decarbonise the built environment, says UN Race to Zero ambassador Sarah El Battouty in this exclusive interview from the final day of the COP27 climate conference. Nobody says: why has it been designed poorly?". UN climate ambassadors want more architects.

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Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2024

Lokko is the first African woman to receive the prestigious award and, following in the footsteps of architects Zaha Hadid and Yasmeen Lari, became the third woman to win in her own right since the Royal Gold Medal was established in 1848.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Today is International Women's Day and to celebrate, we've compiled a list of the 50 most influential women in architecture and design. Berke also holds positions at several design institutions, including sitting on the jury for the Pritzker Architecture Prize. million YouTube subscribers.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Non-profit architecture forum The World Around has announced the 25 finalists of its Young Climate Prize, which celebrates young creatives who have developed projects that address and mitigate the impact of climate change. Photographer Aida Namukose has documented women in the food industry in Uganda.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

According to Baillieu, in recent year's architects have seen the scale of their influence diminished, but the climate emergency, along with global economic issues, is leading many architects to activism as a way of enacting change. Here, its founder Amanda Baillieu selects six architects that embody the ideals of activism.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2023

Niger-based Atelier Masōmī has unveiled a library in Monrovia dedicated to the Liberia's former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, which will contain exhibitions designed by South African architect Sumayya Vally. The shape was designed to aid natural ventilation and the buildings will be grouped to "embody a sense of community".

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Deezen

MAY 17, 2023

Lesley Lokko is the curator of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale Lokko is the first person of African descent to have curated the Venice Architecture Biennale, which began in 1980. This year, more than half the biennale's 89 participants hail from Africa or the African diaspora. Diversity also comes at a cost," she reflected.

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Architizer

MARCH 8, 2023

Photo by Reda Ait Saada In this highly accessible house that was designed for two elderly parents in Tipaza, three factors guided the design process: privacy, weather conditions and activity, which reflected on the building envelope, building layout and building orientation.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Located in Johannesburg, the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library is a space of excellence, learning, research, discourse and cultural exchange predicated on the African perspective. The archive center will act as a repository for the papers, artifacts and key documents of President Mbeki and other significant African historical figures.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Located in Johannesburg, the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library is a space of excellence, learning, research, discourse and cultural exchange predicated on the African perspective. The archive center will act as a repository for the papers, artifacts and key documents of President Mbeki and other significant African historical figures.

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Deezen

MAY 4, 2023

ACLA Architecture director Laura Narayansingh has designed the compact Bush House on the Caribbean island of Trinidad for her family. Narayansingh designed the 100-square-metre, two-bedroom house as a compact home for her family that incorporates elements found in Trinidad and Tobago's colonial architecture.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2023

Ghotmeh designed the 300-square-metre pavilion structure to enclose a trio of scalloped-shaped tables , which wee also designed by the architect, creating a gathering space that aims to encourage conversation. The pavilion has a nine-sided shape with scalloped edges that were informed by nearby tree roots.

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Deezen

JUNE 2, 2023

Placing the Global South at the centre of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale created a spirit of openness and sincerity, write Ewa Effiom, Krish Nathaniel and Aoi Phillips in this review of the event. There are enough Pritzker and Stirling prizes to recognise built work in our industry.

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e-architect

JUNE 6, 2023

Bidi Bidi Music & Arts Centre is an interdisciplinary project led by to.org, a platform operating in venture capital, philanthropy, and the creative space, in collaboration with leading international design practice Hassell, Kampala design studio LocalWorks, and global sustainable development consultancy Arup.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2024

Memorial opened in 2011 and almost immediately sparked controversies including site selection and the transformation of the original design into its final form. Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that advises on issues of design. The allegorical assemblages of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.,

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Architizer

JULY 25, 2023

According to Kunlé Adeyemi, an architect, designer and development researcher at Dutch practice NLÉ Works , around 70% of those boomtowns are on waterfronts. We’re not only dealing with the issues of urbanization and rapid growth, affordable housing but what we now know as climate change,” says Adeyemi. This was 2011.

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Dwell

JULY 14, 2023

Its swooping design directs airflow up and over an outdoor living space while echoing the shape of surrounding dunes. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Bustler

JUNE 7, 2022

Event Date: Jun 9, 2022; Event City: Miami, FL, US LIGHT SPACE LIFE: Architects in Conversation will be hosted at the Miami Centre for Architecture & Design on Thursday, June 9 at 6 PM. Every design needs to respond at a visceral level to its context – whether a South African cliff edge or a Miami waterway.

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Bustler

MAY 16, 2022

The four finalists for the 2022 cycle of the prestigious annual Wheelwright Prize have today been announced by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Hackett: “Drylongso: Sociospatial Tropes of the African Diaspora”. Scroll down to find out more about each of the individual Wheelwright Prize finalist proposals.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2022

A new book by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation features pioneering fashion designers and brands who share their approach to designing for a circular economy. Nigerian label Orange Culture (top image) contributed to the Circular Design for Fashion book (above). Circular design is about regeneration.

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Deezen

APRIL 21, 2022

To celebrate Earth Day we've compiled a list of 50 people who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable architecture and design. Architects and designers have a key role to play in reducing carbon emissions, pollution and waste while protecting biodiversity. Adebayo Oke-Lawal is a Nigerian fashion designer.

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Portland Architecture

AUGUST 3, 2022

This comes as Smith, founder of the firm’s Urban Design and Planning Studio, was earlier this year named to the American Institute of Certified Planners' College of Fellows. At SERA, he has also been instrumental in the firm’s long-range planning and urban design efforts for Google. Brian Libby: Congratulations on your fellowship.

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e-architect

JUNE 15, 2023

This institute, in a time of climate change, is addressed to those who wish, through practice or education, to im- prove the quality of life in cities worldwide. These could be applicable to cities from Asia, the Middle East, South and North America to Africa and Europe, as well as informal settlements and suburbia.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The three-part project (symposium/exhibition/book) "aims to explore [the] potential of converting the effects of anthropogenic climate change into an imaginative resource for creative practice through the process of aesthetic thinking."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Though not a catwalk, the World Cup is arguably the biggest stage a fashion designer could ever hope to see their work exhibited on. This year's strips include jerseys made with ocean plastic or recycled polyester and a kit designed to protest against the circumstances surrounding the tournament. Australia by Nike. Belgium by Adidas.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The RIBA Silver Medal for the best design project produced at RIBA Part 2 or equivalent, is awarded to Annabelle Tan at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, for A Journey through Past, Present and Post-Tropicality. 2022 President’s Medal and Awards for Research News, Royal Institute of British Architects Prize, England, UK. Spanning 4.2

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Architizer

JANUARY 13, 2022

It makes sense, then, that our jurors do too: our 250+ member jury academy is comprised of leaders who are actively shaping the world we live in, representing a sought-after segment of design-savvy professionals including distinguished luminaries from fields as diverse as fashion, publishing, product design, real estate development and tech.

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Architizer

MARCH 2, 2022

For Kéré Architecture , renderings provide a way to showcase design and relate to larger contexts. For Kéré Architecture , renderings provide a way to showcase design and relate to larger contexts. The result is a portfolio that centers process and vision as the heart of design. Start your entry today.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

That’s what recent A+Awards winners have taught us, with more women than ever leading teams in conceptualizing, designing and delivering some of the world’s best architecture around the globe. The future of architecture is female. Women have been the creative force behind dozens of winning projects in recent seasons, from B.L.U.E.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Design: A4AC Architects | Architecture for a change (pty)Ltd. Location: Shona Langa eco estate, Mabula district, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Green House in Shona Langa eco estate, Limpopo, South Africa. The house was designed on minimal – yet functional; – dimensions. 28 December 2022.

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e-architect

MARCH 21, 2023

For Habitable Form, the design concept quickly became about nestling under the protection of the shaded oaks and connecting outward toward the surrounding neighborhood park through a symbiotic relationship with the park design and the natural landscape of the island. These concerns were addressed in two ways.

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DesignScape Architects

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Cape Town is truly one of the most eclectic cities in the world when it comes to architectural design. This city boasts an amalgamation of every architectural style – making it a true melting-pot of design thought and culture. In many cases, care has been taken to create a sense of uniformity between the old and new buildings.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Curated by architect Tosin Oshinowo , the Triennial will feature 30 architects, designers and studios from 26 countries, who will explore innovative design solutions borne out of conditions of scarcity in the Global South.

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Community Architect

JANUARY 14, 2021

This article explores this not mainly as a political issue, but also an environmental one and a matter of quality of life and design, including what a Dutch architect has to say about it. Anyone looking at the US electoral map can see how urbanization manifests itself in the US. Clearly, the transition isn't free of tension.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 6, 2023

South Africa is a country filled with contradictions. Even during its contemporary history, the Apartheid era was responsible for heavily segregating South Africa in multiple of contexts. Even during its contemporary history, the Apartheid era was responsible for heavily segregating South Africa in multiple of contexts.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Architects and built environment sustainability experts have expressed frustration at the slow pace of global action to reduce carbon emissions as the COP27 climate-change summit kicks off in Egypt. But Arup director for climate and sustainability Michael Kennedy struck a more positive tone. "My COP26 was bitterly disappointing".

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