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  • Makoko Floating Water School By Kunle Adeyemi, Image © Iwan Baan

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  • Larabanga North Ghana Image © Iwan Baan

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  • Chai House, Market Street Nairobi Kenya. Image © Iwan Baan

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  • FIDAK - Foire Internationale de Dakar, Dakar Senegal, by Jean Francois Lamoureux & Jean-Louis Marin, 1974. Image © Iwan Baan

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  • FIDAK - Foire Internationale de Dakar, Dakar (Senegal), by Jean Francois Lamoureux & Jean-Louis Marin, 1974. Image © Iwan Baan

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  • Hotel Ivoire, Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), by Heinz Fenchel and Thomas Leiterdorf, 1962-1970. Image © Iwan Baan

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  • Hotel Independence, Dakar (Senegal), by Henri Chomette and Roland Depret, 1973-1978. Image © Iwan Baan

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  • Row-House-Iwan-Baan 26'10 South Architects

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  • Makoko Floating Water School By Architect Kunle Adeyemi, Image © Iwan Baan

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  • Noero Wolff Architects. Red Location Museum Of Struggle, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 1998–2005. Photo credit Iwan Baan.

    © Noero Wolff Architects. Red Location Museum Of Struggle, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 1998–2005. Photo credit Iwan Baan.

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  • Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi (Kenya), by Karl Henrik Nostvik, 1967-1973. Image © Iwan Baan 02

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  • Thread-Building-by-Toshiko-Mori-Architect_2015. Photo-Iwan-Baan

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  • Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi (Kenya), by Karl Henrik Nostvik, 1967-1973. Image © Iwan Baan

    © Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi (Kenya), by Karl Henrik Nostvik, 1967-1973. Image © Iwan Baan

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  • University of Zambia - UNZA, Lusaka (Zambia), by Julian Elliott, 1965-1970. Image © Iwan Baan

    © University of Zambia - UNZA, Lusaka (Zambia), by Julian Elliott, 1965-1970. Image © Iwan Baan

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  • Larabanga North Ghana Image © Iwan Baan

    © Larabanga North Ghana Image © Iwan Baan

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  • Makoko Floating Water School By Kunle Adeyemi, Image © Iwan Baan

    © Makoko Floating Water School By Kunle Adeyemi, Image © Iwan Baan

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  • Larabanga North Ghana Image © Iwan Baan

    © Larabanga North Ghana Image © Iwan Baan

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  • Chai House, Market Street Nairobi Kenya. Image © Iwan Baan.jpg
  • Ahmed-Baba-Institute-Mali-DHK Architects Image © Iwan Baan.jpg
  • FIDAK - Foire Internationale de Dakar, Dakar Senegal, by Jean Francois Lamoureux & Jean-Louis Marin, 1974. Image © Iwan Baan.jpg
  • FIDAK - Foire Internationale de Dakar, Dakar (Senegal), by Jean Francois Lamoureux & Jean-Louis Marin, 1974. Image © Iwan Baan.jpg
  • Hotel Ivoire, Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), by Heinz Fenchel and Thomas Leiterdorf, 1962-1970. Image © Iwan Baan.jpg
  • Architecture_Independence_Iwan Baan_Abidjian, Ivory Coast.jpg
  • Hotel Independence, Dakar (Senegal), by Henri Chomette and Roland Depret, 1973-1978. Image © Iwan Baan.jpg
  • Row-House-Iwan-Baan 26'10 South Architects.jpg
  • Makoko Floating Water School By Architect Kunle Adeyemi, Image © Iwan Baan.jpg
  • Noero Wolff Architects. Red Location Museum Of Struggle, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 1998–2005. Photo credit Iwan Baan..jpg
  • Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi (Kenya), by Karl Henrik Nostvik, 1967-1973. Image © Iwan Baan 02.jpg
  • Thread-Building-by-Toshiko-Mori-Architect_2015. Photo-Iwan-Baan.jpg
  • Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi (Kenya), by Karl Henrik Nostvik, 1967-1973. Image © Iwan Baan.jpg
  • University of Zambia - UNZA, Lusaka (Zambia), by Julian Elliott, 1965-1970. Image © Iwan Baan.jpg
  • Larabanga North Ghana Image © Iwan Baan.jpg
  • Makoko Floating Water School By Kunle Adeyemi, Image © Iwan Baan.jpg

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