Article Archive for December 2011
Francis Kéré on the need for Traditional Building Techniques
Francis Kere at Design Indaba:
Looking at the housing situation in West Africa, architect Francis Kéré says that Africans should stop copying the Western way of building but adapt it to their own needs, the needs of the community …
The hopeful continent – interesting read from The Economist
It’s uncanny reading the article below side by side with the one written exactly 10 years ago (HERE)
It looks like the Economist, the world leader in Afro-pessimism is finally turning around and seeing the facts …
