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Usually representing spirits, ancestors or the primordial couple, these figures were placed in shrines and treated with great respect. Through a wide range of style, scale, belief and function the couples depicted share a timeless, serene equality necessary to the continuity of their societies.

Leopards Leap Vineyards / Makeka Design Lab

How does a utilitarian wine shed become the new home for a young wine, and become a gateway for new audiences to wine and unique food? How does one engage with a Dionysian culture whilst creating a calm Apollonian and cerebral spatial experience? We had to create a fresh and lightweight architectural response to the existing shed and environs, employing what we call "cascading space", where spa...

Alara Concept Store / Adjaye Associates

Alara Concept Store is perhaps West Africa's first signature and lifestyle store, a concept store made specifically for its products in its entirety. David Adjaye says "the Alara store will promote emerging talent while establishing a creative hub and an essential new designation for Lagos. Situated on the Akin Olugbade Street in an affluent Victorian Island area of Lagos, the shop borrows hea...