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44. Cuba
_Factoría Habana_
Havana’s architecture is characterised by its crumbling colonial facades with their ornate structures and chipped paint. Nearly all of the local building projects are restorations of those colonial buildings and are controlled by the Office of the Historian of Havana. New constructions are rare. Those tend to imitate the existing colonial architecture, resulting in a…
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43. Croatia
_Public Lavatory_
The medieval port city of Dubrovnik, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been undergoing a planned reconstruction, aiming to restore the city’s pre-war appearance and recreate its original architecture. Reconstructing the old tends to ring alarm bells for me, running the risk of creating a pastiche of the past.
The stone wall of the new building wraps around the old
Nenad…
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42. Côte d'Ivoire
42. Côte d'Ivoire_Headquarters of Société Générale in Abidjan_
_Headquarters of Société Générale in Abidjan_
Ivory Coast (officially Republic of Côte d’Ivoire) became a protectorate of France in 1843-44 and in 1893 it became a French colony. Independence was gained in 1960. It maintained close political and economic ties with its West African neighbours, while at the same time remaining close to the West, especially France.
Abidjan is the economic capital of…
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41. Costa Rica
41. Costa Rica_Casa Kiké_a writers retreat
_Casa Kiké_
Casa Kiké is an intimate double pavilion for a writer in Cahuita, Costa Rica. British based Gianni Botsford Architectsreappraised the architectural heritage of the region, by giving a modern take on local techniques. The pavilions have a minimal impact on their surrounding, both physically and environmentally. Gianni Botsford also designed the holiday home for sculptor Anish Kapoor in…
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40. Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
40. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ilima Primary School. Going beyond the building _ a project by MASS in partnership with the African Wildlife Foundation. Read more about it here:
_Ilima Primary School_
“Beyond the Building” is a series of videos about the work of Boston based MASS Design Group, illustrating their approach and the architectural impact on the communities they work with. Their main premise is to “…. design, build and advocate for better buildings, and empower the people that build them.”
Their working method is to first immerse themselves in their context…
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39. The Republic of Congo
39. The Republic of Congo, Maison Tropicale, Brazzaville by Jean Prouvé_icon of industrial modernism_
_Maison Tropicale, Brazzaville_
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, located in Central Africa, was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. After independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo.
The French modernist Jean Prouvé was commissioned to produce three prototype prefabricated tropical houses as an attempt to…
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38. The Comoros
38. The Comoros - Monument for the victims of Yemeni airplane crash -
_Monument in Mistamiouli_
In June 2009, a Yemeni Airbus 310-300 plunged into the Indian Ocean in bad weather off the Comoros archipelago, killing 152 people who were on board. The sole survivor was a teenage girl.
To mark the second anniversary of the catastrophe a monument in the memory of the franco-comorian victims was raised at the entrance to the town of Mitsamiouli in the north of Grand…
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37. Colombia
37. Colombia_Orquideorama: a homage to Colombias national flower in the Botanical Gardens of Medellín_http://wp.me/p3Exlk-zt
_Orquideorama, Medellín_
The orchid is the national flower of Colombia. In the Botanical Gardens of Medellín, woven into the vegetation, is the Orquideorama, the result of an architectural ideas competition in 2005. The winning design was a collaboration between Plan:b Arquitectura (Alejandro Bernal and Felipe Mesa) and JPRCR (J. Paul Restrepo y Camilo Restrepo). The jury were impressed by the…
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'Tip for fans of travel and architecture', Les Echos
196+ listed as 'Tip for fans of travel and architecture', by the french national newspaper Les Echos
_196+ in the French national press!!!_
Las week-ends culture section of the French national newspaper Les Echos, listed none other than 196+ as ‘Tip for fans of travel and architecture’.
… to say it made me ecstatic is understating it!
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36. China
36. China_Wuyishan Bamboo Raft Factory_a manufacturing and storage facility producing bamboo rafts used to sail the Nine Bend River in Wuyi Mountain_
_Wuyishan Bamboo Raft Factory_
“China needs to slow down” and turn to “craft thinking”, says Aric Chen, creative director of the 2012 Beijing Design Week. Here craft is intended beyond handicraft, to encompass notions of authenticity, process and integrity. Chinese industry is often associated with mass production, and chinese architecture in the last couple of decades with bigger, taller,…
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34. Chile
34. Chile__ESO Hotel, Cerro Paranal__„It's a stunning place! We were very lucky to be up there... it has been extraordinary!“ Daniel Craig, Actor (007)_
_ESO Hotel, Cerro Paranal_ Auer Weber Architekten_
The closing scenes of Quantum of Solace (James Bond, 2008) are memorable not only for the action, but also for the location: a beautiful terracotta coloured building set into the desert landscape. Chases are rendered even more dramatic by the seemingly infinite corridors. Fire and explosions abound. One of the first things I did after returning…
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34. Chad
34. Chad _ a School for Darfurian refugees in Abeché_
_School for Darfurian refugees, Abeché_
Chad, in Central Africa, is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the west. Part of France until 1960, it endured three decades of civil warfare, as well as invasions by Libya. Chad remains plagued by political violence.
Since 2003, the Darfur…
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33. Central African Republic (CAR)
"The fight for building" in war torn Central African Republic
_Training Centre, Sassara_
Frustration is evident in FARE Studiodescription of the constraints they encountered with their Training Centre project in Sassara, Central African Republic (CAR). According to the Human Development Index (HDI), CAR ranks at 185th out of 187 countries (2013). This despite significant mineral resources, such as uranium, crude oil, gold, diamonds, lumber,…
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