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Utawala Eastern Bypass Feasibility Study
WWW.A4ARCHITECT.COM Project: Development in Kenya, Nairobi. Client: Location: Utawala, Nairobi. AUGUST 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is a project proposal for development on a parcel of land situated at Utawala, Nairobi. OPTIONS BASED ON ONE FLOOR LEVEL DEVELOPMENT Development has potential for 4 floor levels construction. The income can be scaled up per floor to…
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Two story Earthbag house
Two story Earthbag house Earthbag houses are a cheap alternative housing method that are created by filling bags with earth materials. These bags are made out of three main element earth, tubular bags and barbed wire. These are mostly done by the people planning on moving in, which unfortunately is very manually demanding. when adding…
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Malindi SeaView resort for Sale
Seaview Resort is situated along Malindi-Lamu Road, Malindi municipality, Kilifi County. It lies to the immediate north of Eden Rock Hotel, approximately 120 meters south east of African Pearl Hotel and a further 400 meters South of Woburn Residence. Malindi Central Business District is approximately 2 kilometers south of the property. (See appended location map…
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Musgum houses, Cameroon.
Musgum houses Musgum houses are sun dried clay huts that originating from Africa, the name Musgum comes from a northern province Cameroonian and Chadian tribe, they speak the language Musgu and live between the river Chari and Logne. The Musgum people from Cameroon construct their mud houses from compressed sun-dried mud. Earth is used as…
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Earthbag houses in south America
Earthbag houses in south America Earthbag houses are a cheap alternative housing method that are created by filling bags with earth materials. These bags are comprised of three main element earth, tubular bags and barbed wire. Different regions fill the bags with different or additional materials e.g. in Colombia earth bags are filled with plastic…
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4 Bedroomed Bungalow for sale, Westwood park, Karen
4 Bedroomed Bungalow for sale, off Westwood park road, Karen. Sitting on 1/2 acre land. Kes 58 Million. info@a4architect.com
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Blue Gum Tree for House Roofing, Karen, Nairobi
Blue Gum Tree for House Roofing, Karen, Nairobi Mature Blue Gum harvested for roofing is usually reddish in colour. Its usually termite proof and has got very good strength, long lasting and weather proof. Architect Francis Gichuhi Kamau. info@a4architect.com 0721410684
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Ancient African Architecture
Ancient African Architecture has got alot of technology from which current housing needs in Africa can heavily borrow from to solve lots of issues. The earliest forms of Architecture are in Egypt, the Pyramids. Various architectural styles form all the way from North Africa/Egypet/Tunisia down to the West, Central and East Africa till Southern Africa/Great…
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Musgum Earth Architecture, Cameroon.
The Musgum are an ethnic group of people living in North Cameroon and Southern Chad. They have for thousands of years developed a unique form of earth architecture for their houses. A picture depicting a Musgum Chief’s homestead in the 1850s. Notice the Dome houses in the background. Catenary arch. The shape profile of the…