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Michael Murphy, founding principal of MASS Design Group, steps down

Michael Murphy a founding principal of MASS Design Group has stepped down to open his own practice and pursue an educational role.

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Call for Submissions for 2022 Governor General s Medals

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts invite architects to participate in the competition for the 2022 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture. Awarded every two years, the 12 medals recognize and celebrate outstanding design in recently completed built projects, big or small, by Canadian architects. The Medals are among this country’s […]

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Local Expertise Versus Local Extraction: African Vernacular Architecture and a More Holistic Sustainability

It is not enough to view the use of local materials in African architecture as the ultimate measure of sustainability. Local communities must be engaged.

Burkina fasoLesley lokkoMatthew magangaErik jan ouwerkerkRalf steinbergerMathias agbo jrDesign group african centreDesign group saveSchool in gandoAfrican design centreGando primary schoolDesign groupLocal expertise versus extractionAfrican vernacular architectureMore holistic sustainabilityCreative commons attribution

Local Expertise Versus Local Extraction: African Vernacular Architecture and a More Holistic Sustainability

It is not enough to view the use of local materials in African architecture as the ultimate measure of sustainability. Local communities must be engaged.

Burkina fasoLesley lokkoMatthew magangaErik jan ouwerkerkRalf steinbergerMathias agbo jrDesign group african centreDesign group saveSchool in gandoAfrican design centreGando primary schoolDesign groupLocal expertise versus extractionAfrican vernacular architectureMore holistic sustainabilityCreative commons attribution

Let s Stop Referring to African Decor as One Style

Let s Stop Referring to African Decor as One Style Nafeesah Allen © Alice Morgan - Getty Images Stop what you’re doing right now and Google “African Decor : The results are a wild mashup. Summarizing the design of 54 countries in one style is absurd. Stop what you’re doing right now and Google “African Design.” Browse a few entries and click down a bit to see if you can find anything that is close to coherent. Don’t worry I’ll wait. My own search resulted in a gallery of kitsch fabric styles, moribund web pages from African design institutions like the African Design Centre and MOADJHB, and specious pontifications from non-Africans. A 2013 HuffingtonPost article didn’t mention a single country by name when its author wrote, “African design is founded in [sic] on Primitivism and is concerned with raw form, childlike lines, and references to wildlife, earthly hues and the color orange.” The entire continent just sighed with exhaustion.

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