Award Entries
A Celebration of Diversity through Architecture, The Wivine Towers
MAP Architects - South Africa
The Wivine towers are a mixed income high-rise proposal for the area of Warwick Junction in Durban known as a hub for multiculturalism and diversity. The proposal uses Architecture as a platform to express the values of diversity as a potential key to African identity and authenticity for future generations.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
202
Museu CNAD, Centro Nacional de Artesanato e Design
Ramos Castellano Arquitectos - Cabo Verde
CNAD, National Center for Crafts and Design. A renewed vision on the art of design, crafts and culture in the city of Mindelo. A simple structure in reinforced concrete and glass with a double ventilated façade, realized through the fixation in a light metallic structure of recycled metal barrels caps.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
10
Habits, Habitat and Housing in Angola
Architecture Idaio-Angola
Were made reflections on the metamorphoses of Housing in Angola, from the rural areas to the urban areas, with the objective of identifying some common aspects, from the way of being, building materials, habitat and spatial typologies, with the objective of recover the essence of the Bantu African Architecture
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People's Choice Total Votes:
107
Architecture Versus Urbanisation City Space
Avucityspace© - Malawi
With urbanisation comes changes in cityscapes that have affected open city spaces creating challenges particularly in left over and abandoned space. AVUCITYSPACE explores how architecture through a rethinking of urban design can enhance city character, transforming challenges into opportunities and initiate policy formulation regarding [public] spaces around and within developments.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
389
Amani Library
MD Architecture - Tanzania
The project aims to bring back earth as a sustainable building material, using traditional construction methods and handcraft, and encouraging local-international participation in order to improve the quality of housing in Tanzanian communities. An alternative space for reading and learning, in an attempt to make culture and books more accessible.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
9
Ben Abeba Restaurant
Tewodros Kassa Consulting Architects - Ethiopia
Winding around the highest point of hill Chul Amba, sheltered in the meandering mud, steel and concrete skin crowned with a skylight (a reminder of the cave sanctuaries of the ancient Ethiopian temples),and a “primordial spring”, are terraces located at different levels with all-round panoramic views of the magnificent scenery.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
78
Buscor Bus Terminus
ARCA Unlimited (Pty) Ltd - South Africa
The new Buscor Bus Terminus is located in White River, Mpumalanga. The facility consists of the main building with six bus platforms tucked in underneath a linear steel roof supported by an array of slender concrete columns with steel crown supports, giving the impression of a light tree top canopy.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
3
RBIDZ Entrance Gate
Jeremy Steere Architect - South Africa
The use of concrete, glass and aluminum for the RBIDZ Entrance Gate is contrasted by the natural greenery of the surrounding KwaZulu-Natal landscape, enabling the building to stand out and be the bold architectural statement the brief required.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
31
Little Red House
Kate Otten Architects - South Africa
A 1930’s Arts & Crafts style suburban home and garden is re-imagined to suit a new commercial purpose whilst retaining the aspiration to craftsmanship, truth to materials, delight and beauty that the Arts and Crafts movement represented.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
167