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21/08/2024

Casablanca is set to welcome the world's largest stadium, the Hassan II Stadium co-designed by Populous and Paris based Oualalou + Choi.
The 115,000 seat football stadium will host the 2030 Football World Cup alongside Portugal, Spain, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

The stadium's facade design mimics traditional Moroccan clothing and local fabric.

On your marks...

The newly designed 115,000-seat football stadium for the 2030 World Cup has been revealed. It's called the Grand Stade Hassan II Stadium and is located in Benslimane, 40 kilometers from Casablanca.

07/03/2024

Japanese Architect Riken Yamamoto is announced winner of the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize. His works for the society over the years has been rewarded with the prestigious Pritzker price.

"Yamamoto reconsidered boundaries between public and private realms as societal opportunities, committing to the belief that all spaces may enrich and serve the consideration of an entire community, and not just those who occupy them. With this in mind, he began designing single-family residences that united natural and built environments, welcoming to both guests and passersby. His first project, Yamakawa Villa (Nagano, Japan 1977), is exposed on all sides and situated in the woods, designed to feel entirely like an open-air terrace. The experience significantly influenced his future works as he extended into social housing with Hotakubo Housing (Kumamoto, Japan 1991), bridging cultures and generations through relational living".

Read the full Article on the official page of Pritzker Architecture Prize here...

https://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/riken-yamamoto -page-2586

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Photo: The Pritzker Architecture Price Announcement Page.

02/02/2024

Indian based International Award-winning Firm Sanjay Puri Architects reveal design for Office Tower development in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa
The Forest design was inspired by the dense African Forest with overlapping balconies all having a view of the Congo River.

Read more under this post by ParametricArchitecture . Click the link below.




https://parametric-architecture.com/the-forest-sanjay-puri-architects/

29/01/2024

Jury members announced!!

Meet the panel that will be selecting the winners of the "African Urban Visions" photography competition.

Have you submitted your pictures slides and short videos? Results will be published in February.
Stay tuned.

https://africancitieslab.org/en/contest/

18/01/2024

Ghanaian-Scottish Architect Lesley Lokko, author has been awarded the esteemed Royal Gold Medal by the British Institute of British Architects making her the first ever African woman to win this price.

What an achievement for the Architect who doubles as an Author has published several books including Saffron Skies (2005), Bitter Chocolate (2008) A Private Affaire (2011), and Little White Lies (2014).

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Huge Congratulations 👏
We wish more African women copy this example.

Ghanaian-Scottish architect and educator Lesley Lokko has been named the recipient of this year's Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects.

10/01/2024

Participate in this competition "African Urban Vision" organized by African Cities Lab.

Click on the Link below to learn more.

📸 Bookings.edu/articles online

https://africancitieslab.org/fr/contest/

09/12/2023

The MAAJ Africa

Witnessing COP28 putting accent on Africa's wellbeing is so heartwarming.
I believe this is the one time Africa has been not only a part, but, one of the main points of discussion on the table.

Several youth leaders from across Africa are currently delegates at the and this can only emphasize how much Africa is the next location for positive climate change actions.

On the pictures from left to right The MAAJ CEO Kevin Akongwe, Mr. & Mrs Tsambang of after a brief meeting on how we as youths can collaborate towards taking positive actions that would lead Africa to a future.

There's more to come...stay tuned.

08/12/2023

Concluding the 2023 World Architecture Festival in Singapore is the announcement of the prestigious World Building of the Year award, which went to Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio and Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group.Designed as an

08/12/2023

Would you ever dream of designing a building that would be considered the world building of the year? What would be your design approach and vision for that building?

At the just concluded in , the award for the goes to Huigzhen High School.

Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio & of Technology Engineering Design Group perfects the art of designing school buildings.

The school was designed as a '' '' building and mimics a floating forest.
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Concluding the 2023 World Architecture Festival in Singapore is the announcement of the prestigious World Building of the Year award, which went to Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio and Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group.Designed as an

01/11/2023

Oshinowo Studio has completed a store for sportswear brand Adidas in Lagos, Nigeria, which is the brand's first flagship store in West Africa.

01/11/2023

Nigerian architecture practice Oshinowo Studio has completed a for in , Adidas' first sportswear flagship store in West Africa. The design blends Nigerian aesthetics and arts with the international brand's identity using local materials like the corrugated roofing sheets mostly used in the country, but delivering a masterpiece of international standards rooted in local aesthetics.

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https://www.dezeen.com/2023/10/25/adidas-lagos-store-oshinowo-studio/

Oshinowo Studio has completed a store for sportswear brand Adidas in Lagos, Nigeria, which is the brand's first flagship store in West Africa.

25/10/2023

masōmī unveils a new design for the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center). The library which will be located in Liberia's capital of Monrovia will be dedicated to former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and will house exhibitions from local artists. Most importantly, it will house personal and professional archives of the former president.
https://www.ateliermasomi.com/news-1/lbtwe64wplncpd4yzz6whdrwm3ydg2

atelier masōmī is pleased to share the design for the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center). The EJS Center, which will be located in Liberia’s capital of Monrovia, will provide digital access to former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s personal and p...