Award Entries
"The Wall of Knowledge" - Middle School
Tarik Zoubdi & Mounir Benchekroun Architects - Morocco
"The Wall of knowledge" is a middle School located in El Jadida, Built for the children of the OCP's employees . Its genesis stems from the balance between constraints and program, and the expression of a strong symbolism in relation to the traditional architectural heritage of Morocco.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
134
The Architectural Review 1441 : Africa
The Architectural Review / EMAP-UK
‘Africa’ has become a lazy substitute for any number of ideas from the political to the social, cultural, historical and economic. In this issue, we reject stereotypes and, from refugee camps to Art Deco housing, starchitects to wooden skyscrapers, counter the notion of Africa as a place to be influenced.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
1
African Hub (African Bazzar)
EIABC - Ethiopia
African hub is an architectural thesis project which tries to create network for different African countries through creating a platform for the African community. The hub (bazaar) is located at the headquarters of African union located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
2543
Botswana Embassy and Diplomats' Apartment
Sileshi Consult, Consulting Architects & Engineers Pvt Ltd.Co - Ethiopia
Inspired by vernacular architecture and traditional decorated huts of Teswana people, the design seeks to blend domestic spaces and cultural identities with modern design, materials and aesthetics. Hence, creating a building which showcases the traditional art and crafts of the country with refined contemporary interpretation besides enhancing vernacular space conceptions.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
15
Library for the Community of Muyinga
BC Architects - Burundi
The first library of Muyinga is part of a future inclusive school for deaf children. The challenge of limited resources became an opportunity to respect a short supply-chain of building materials and labor force, supporting local economy, and installing pride in a construction with the poor people’s material: earth.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
5
Preschool of Aknaibich
BC Architects - Morroco
The preschool of Aknaibich is only one classroom, nevertheless a holistic design, incorporating community dynamics, and a new vernacular style. Facing a contrasted context in a suburban environment split between two construction eras, the building is implemented as extension of an existing school in the modern part of the agglomeration.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
2
Wallacedene
SAOTA - South Africa
Located in the eastern suburb of Wallacedene, an informal housing settlement in Cape Town, the brief was to design a multi-use community centre for both early childhood development and skills development training.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
133
The Lean Cabin
Podex Associates - Nigeria
Designed for the urban poor with a deep consideration for value, choice and quality with materials serving multiple purposes to achieve a lean and efficient design. Also, two leaning shipping containers are positioned to achieve a functional, yet eccentric urban style of housing with a net-zero carbon emission footprint.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
9381
Academy of Excellence
SAOTA - Nigeria
The Academy Of Excellence is an educational institution. The client, a large Nigerian bank, needed a training facility in Lagos where they could bring staff from around the country to a single training point.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
1423