Showing posts with label Architecture/aesthetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architecture/aesthetics. Show all posts
Kisumu Alert!
We're losing Kisumu's architectural future now... An update and call to action by AHAC member Janfrans van der Eerden. Check out Janfrans' interesting presentation here.
Kenwood House
Designed by world reknowned architect Ernst May. For more about Ernst May's time in East Africa, click here. Contributed by Tim Vaulkhard (www.triad.co.ke).
Nairobi's modernism
'KFA building' on Haile Selassie Avenue. Contributed by Janfrans van der Eerden (www.eerdenarch.nl).
Shan Cinema/Sarakasi Dome
The orginal Shan Cinema building continues to serve as a venue for arts and entertainment under the Sarakasi Trust, a performing arts development organization. “Sarakasi” is the Kiswahili word for Circus or Acrobatics. More at: www.sarakasi.org/home
Mahatmah Gandhi Library
Contributed by Emma Miloyo, Design Source
Kenyatta International Conference Centre
Use: Commercial
Why is this building interesting? Adapting local hut concepts to a contemporary context, the KICC is both aesthetically pleasing and uniquely Kenyan. It is designed by Karl Henrik Nøstvik.
Criteria:
- Uniquely Kenyan or African architecture
- High quality construction and/or use of innovative technology
- Representative of the work of a noteworthy architect or designer
Cooperative Bank Building
Why is this building interesting? Built by a Swiss architect the structure is solid in construction, yet gracefully slopped in appearance.
Criteria:
- Great architecture and aesthetics
City Hall
Year:
1934
Use:
Institutional
Why
is this building interesting? City Hall depicts great architecture with its
Doric columns and its Palladian temple like style.
Criteria:
- Great
architecture and aesthetics- Representative of a particular period in history
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