Tag: housing
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House Dreams
Husrdömmar – Talounelmia Architectural drawings of Kristiinankaupunki from the 19th and 20th centuries. Exhibition 21 May – 19 June 2025 at Studio Fremdeling, Kristinestad. In 2018, a group of residents from Kristinestad gathered around a shared idea: the architectural plans of the old houses in Kristinestad should be compiled into a digital archive to make…
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Point E
Bi ma njëkkee ñëw Dakar lu jege ñaar fukki at ci Plateau laa daloon ci goxu jaaykat yi ci “centre-ville”. Waaye, bi ma tambalee dal ci Yoff walla Ngor ci ben néég walla studio, ñaari gox yépp nekk ci bët gannaaru dëkk bi, te bi ma miinee koñ yooyu ci wetu géég gi, laa leen…
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Once A Bedouine
The Mauritanian tent has found its way to contemporary architecture in Nouakchott. If you stroll the streets of Ksar, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city, you will not miss the tent shape in practically every other house. It’s a symbol of a lifestyle in which the movable home is now built in cement…
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It’s All About Sand
Varess is a small oasis village close to Mhairith (أمحيرث) and hardly available for a virtual visit on Google Maps. As a prelude to the urban Nouakchott, where you see signs of nomadic lifestyle even in contemporary housing, I wanted to share a couple of photographs from this region where dates are produced and where…
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Vernacular Addis
If you need a break from the buzz from Addis and its high rising buildings and construction sites, go to Zoma Museum in Mekanisa. It’s a very relaxing haven of interesting vernacular and ecological architecture with a garden and a restaurant, all in one package. When I visited the place there were a lot of…
J.K. Pikkujämsä 