Location: Lagos, Nigeria Programme: School, Community Building Area: 220 m² Architects: NLÉ Architects Status: Completed 2013 Collaborators: Blok Kats van Veen Architects, Dykstra – Naval Architects, Thieu Besselink, Roel Bosch, Urhahn + Borra, Pieters Bouwtechniek,… Continue reading
German photographer Michael Poliza took to the skies by helicopter to capture the extraordinary landscapes of the Rift Valley in Kenya and Ethiopia from the air. Full story and more images: Africa’s Rift… Continue reading
Nai Ni Who? is an exploration of Nairobi in a 3-month festival of 12 weeks covering 12 neighbourhood zones. Celebrating the good, the bad & the possibilities. The Nairobi communities and ‘hoods’ each have… Continue reading
May 10 2013, 18:00 – 20:00, Entry: free Alliance Française de Nairobi Naipolitans have announced that this month’s conversation will be throwing a spotlight on the potential contribution of Nairobi residents to create… Continue reading
Interesting infographic about our world population via Olive Ventures.
Kenya will host the 4th Eastern Africa Oil and Gas Conference major regional energy conference from June 18th to 20th at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi. There is a 10% discount if you… Continue reading
The University of Nairobi has adopted Open Access & made its research available to the public. The repository collects, preserves, and distributes scholarly outputs of the University of Nairobi.
Ten Cities, is a global and culturally revelatory project that is documenting the social practice of going clubbing. It is the brainchild of Goethe-Institut Kenya in partnership with Adaptr and C/O Berlin. The… Continue reading
Our friends over at This Big City brought to our attention a fascinating Quora discussion regarding elevated freeway/highway construction. Nairobi is currently undergoing the process of implementing this very same type of construction… Continue reading
The following blog entry was first published as an open letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Roads in Kenya by Architect Eric Kigada in October 2012. Courtesy of Nairobi Planning… Continue reading
Our friends Olive Ventures shared this great story about researchers that discovered how using waste materials and sand as components of the bricks rather than clay or shale, conserves resources and maintains the… Continue reading
Train fares have been reduced by 40 per cent on the Nairobi-Syokimau route. This new commuter train is the first of its kind since Kenya’s independence in 1963. The new Syokimau station is… Continue reading
The Standard reports that Kenyans pay the highest rent rates globally, but what they should perhaps clarify is that this is in terms of spending a higher proportion of income on rent than… Continue reading
Around 100 km (60 miles) of new highway have been built in the Nairobi area alone, equipped along much of their length with dedicated lanes for those who wish to ride their bikes… Continue reading
The County of Machakos will provide FREE LAND for investors who are ready to start their projects. The Governor of Machakos, Dr. Alfred Mutua, has invited both local and international investors to the… Continue reading
