architecture in uganda news, projects, and interviews https://www.designboom.com/tag/architecture-in-uganda/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:42:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 rammed earth, brick, and sandstone compose ’32° east arts center’ in kampala, uganda https://www.designboom.com/architecture/rammed-earth-brick-sandstone-32-east-arts-center-new-makers-bureau-localworks-uganda-06-16-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/rammed-earth-brick-sandstone-32-east-arts-center-new-makers-bureau-localworks-uganda-06-16-2023/#respond Fri, 16 Jun 2023 10:50:39 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=999042

new makers bureau joined forces with kampala-based Localworks to complete phase one of the project, with phase two expected to finalize by end of 2024.

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london design biennale dedicates a pavilion to hassell’s bidi bidi refugee music & arts center https://www.designboom.com/architecture/hassell-toorg-localworks-arup-bidi-bidi-refugee-music-arts-center-uganda-06-01-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/hassell-toorg-localworks-arup-bidi-bidi-refugee-music-arts-center-uganda-06-01-2023/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2023 06:45:41 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=995571

this interdisciplinary project will provide a space for creative expression, training, and performance in africa's biggest refugee settlement.

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kéré architecture builds kamwokya community center in kampala, uganda https://www.designboom.com/architecture/francis-kere-architecture-kamwokya-community-center-kampala-uganda-11-02-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/francis-kere-architecture-kamwokya-community-center-kampala-uganda-11-02-2022/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2022 17:01:37 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=928907

the project aims to offer a source of inspiration, pride, and ownership for marginalized communities.

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marc thorpe design will build sustainable housing from compressed earth in kampala, uganda https://www.designboom.com/architecture/marc-thorpe-design-kampala-uganda-house-stage-six-echale-international-ecoblock-01-12-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/marc-thorpe-design-kampala-uganda-house-stage-six-echale-international-ecoblock-01-12-2022/#respond Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:23:44 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=867545

the kampala houses will be responsibly built with compressed earth bricks called 'ecoblocks.'

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terrain architects erects a cluster of timber units for terakoya school in uganda https://www.designboom.com/architecture/terrain-architects-terakoya-school-nansana-uganda-11-17-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/terrain-architects-terakoya-school-nansana-uganda-11-17-2021/#respond Wed, 17 Nov 2021 07:45:34 +0000 lynne myers I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=853036

the new school building was commissioned by ashinaga uganda, an NGO that supports students who have lost one or both parents. 

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renzo piano completes children’s hospital in uganda with rammed earth walls https://www.designboom.com/architecture/renzo-piano-emergency-childrens-hospital-uganda-africa-rammed-earth-walls-04-29-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/renzo-piano-emergency-childrens-hospital-uganda-africa-rammed-earth-walls-04-29-2021/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2021 21:15:33 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=796864

with its glass and rammed earth materials, the hospital celebrates the roots of its context along with its forward-looking program.

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HKS employs local workers and materials to build sustainable maternity unit in uganda https://www.designboom.com/architecture/hks-kachumbala-maternity-unit-uganda-09-05-2019/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/hks-kachumbala-maternity-unit-uganda-09-05-2019/#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2019 21:35:33 +0000 philip stevens I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=622125

interlocking soil-stabilized blocks, the predominant building material, were handmade on site, using locally arising murrum mixed with cement in a brick press.

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terrain architects constructs multipurpose building using local eucalyptus in uganda https://www.designboom.com/architecture/terrain-architects-eucalyptus-yamasen-uganda-04-05-2019/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/terrain-architects-eucalyptus-yamasen-uganda-04-05-2019/#respond Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:20:36 +0000 sofia lekka angelopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=584424

the building comprises a japanese restaurant, a café, and small shops.

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renzo piano-designed hospital in uganda to be presented at salone del mobile https://www.designboom.com/architecture/renzo-piano-uganda-hospital-emergency-salone-del-mobile-milan-03-28-2019/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/renzo-piano-uganda-hospital-emergency-salone-del-mobile-milan-03-28-2019/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:24:26 +0000 philip stevens I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=582549

EMERGENCY, an independent health organization, will present the project during milan design week, where piano's design will be displayed to the public.

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studio FH uses eucalyptus poles and rubble stone to build the batwa settlement in uganda https://www.designboom.com/architecture/studio-fh-architects-eucalyptus-poles-rubble-stone-gahinga-batwa-settlement-uganda-08-17-2018/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/studio-fh-architects-eucalyptus-poles-rubble-stone-gahinga-batwa-settlement-uganda-08-17-2018/#respond Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:20:13 +0000 sofia lekka angelopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=527377

built pro bono, the eighteen structures provide a new home for over 100 people of the marginalized batwa group, who lives in great poverty ever since its eviction from the forest.

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