Library for the Community of Muyinga / BC Architects and Studies

The first library of Muyinga, part of a future inclusive school for deaf children, in locally sourced compressed earth blocks, built with a participatory approach. This is a design that grows into the community and injects a standard within which the community of Muyinga can approach design. Part of the new wave of architecture that is gripping rural Africa, this library design, much like Franc...

New Rugo Social Housing / George Pericles Architects

Affordable housings in the Africa are, most of the time, just seen as a quantity issues. Most of the buildings are done as a necessity and not much thought is put into their design. Not so for the New Rugo social housing which is quantitave and qualitative in approach. It combines the tenents of traditional design and the modern parameters to achieve social housing concepts that cut across the ...

Village Health Works Staff Housing / Louise Braverman

“Sustainability is not an added benefit in Kigutu. It is a necessity.” Braverman. This quote from the Architect sums the deceitful simple project in Kigutu and shows the importance of the skills learnt by the locals in the execution of the housing.

US Department of State Bujumbura / Perkins and Will

Located on a 8.3-acre gently sloping site, the new U.S. Embassy in Burundi provides a modern, safe, and energy efficient campus for promoting democratic principles and economic growth in Burundi. Contemporary in design and function, yet respective of local context, the new embassy building features an open and welcoming entrance with security integrated into the design to ensure the safety and ...

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