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an adobe - style building with planters in the front and side windows on either side

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an orange brick building with two chimneys and solar panels on top

Terracotta-hued towers that reference termite mounds distinguish the Startup Lions Campus, which Diébédo Francis Kéré's studio has completed in Kenya.

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the inside of a bamboo hut with sticks sticking out of it's roof and walls

Image 4 of 14 from gallery of Exploring African Vernacular Huts: Weaving as a Climatic and Social Architecture. Nama “matjieshuis” huts weaving . Image © Henn Lab

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black and white photograph of a man pushing a wheelbarrow in front of an adobe building

Photographs are from James Morris’ monograph: Butabu, about sub-Sahara African architecture. It was published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2003 & Electra, 2004. See James Morris̵…

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the front cover of a book with an image of a sand castle

Buy Buildings Without Architects: A Global Guide to Everyday Architecture by May, John, Reid, Anthony (ISBN: 9780847833610) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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