Archinect published on 18 February 2020 a feature story titled "Sino-African Architecture: A Look at the Rise of Chinese-built Projects Across the African Continent" by Hannah Wood, an architect based in Tanzania.
The author looks at the architecture of six major Chinese construction projects in Africa: African Union convention center in Ethiopia, parliament buildings in Zimbabwe and Congo-Brazzaville, international airport in Zambia, a housing project in Kenya, and the Dar es Salaam University library in Tanzania.
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Chinese Urbanism in Africa
The Go West Project recently published a special edition of a magazine titled "Chinese Urbanism in Africa" that contains a collection of journalistic pieces on China's impact on urbanism, architecture, and land in Africa. The authors are Chinese, African and European. The publication is in a combination of English and Chinese.
Examples of articles are "Exporting Chinese Urbanism to Africa," "Built by China in Africa," "Little Lagos in Big China," and "Architect Entertainer."
Examples of articles are "Exporting Chinese Urbanism to Africa," "Built by China in Africa," "Little Lagos in Big China," and "Architect Entertainer."
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