African Vernacular Architecture
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A short blog that looks into Setswana traditional hut found in Botswana.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQp7Kp477Wg

A video on a house in Nigeria made from recycled water bottles.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14722179

An article on a house in Nigeria made from recycled water bottles.
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http://www.junglephotos.com/africa/afpeople/afwork/hutconstruct.shtml

Pictures and description of a mud hut being constructedin Zambia 1967.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzBQdLzRuqI

A You Tube video on Islamic African vernacular architecture.
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http://www.architectural-review.com/essays/exploring-eye/the-fabulous-diversity-of-vernacular-architecture-along-the-west-coast-of-africa/8603280.article#

Architectural Review goes to 3 countries on the west coast of Africa looking at vernacular architecture.
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http://www.sundaystandard.info/article.php?NewsID=2493&GroupID=5

The issue of Culture and Identity with town planning in Botswana.
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http://www.designboom.com/architecture/andbeyond-ngorongoro-crater-lodge-tanzania/

Safari lodge in the middle of the Ngorongoro crater.
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http://www.this-is-botswana.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=233&Itemid=84

Botswana vernacular architecture.
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http://www.globe-hoppers.com/mud-hut.html

Living in a mud hut in Malawi.
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http://www.archidatum.com/taita-vernacular-architecture/

A discussion on African vernacular architecture in Kenya, Taita tribe.
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http://www.perfectafrica.com/hotels-and-lodges/page:1/

Numerous pictures of Safari lodges across Africa.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l6E_3MR9Sk

You Tube of women plastering a wall in Mali..
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http://pinterest.com/MonikaEttlin/african-traditional-abodes-achitecture/

Pintrest board on African Traditional Adobes & Architecture.
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http://weloveyatours.blogspot.com/2012/10/koutammakou-land-of-batammariba-togo.html

Koutamma, the land of the Battammariba, Togo.
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http://www.oocities.org/tonvanderlee/hmud.htm

Heavenly Mud. A documentary about traditional architecture in West Africa.
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http://inhabitat.com/stilts-inhabitat-monkeys-around-in-sustainable-kenyan-treehouses/

Inhabitat looks at sustainable stilt lodges in Kenya.
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http://olsenkenyamission.blogspot.com/2012_06_01_archive.html

Examples on Kenyan vernacular structures.
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http://www.ugpulse.com/heritage/ugandan-architecture-through-the-years/114/ug.aspx

A blog on Ugandan architecture through the years.
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=farmers-in-sahel-beat-back-drought-and-climate-change-with-trees

Scientific American looks at planting trees in The Sahel.
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http://www.pinterest.com/foreststormlord/african-architecture

More pictures of African vernacular architecture from Pintrest.
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http://www.architectureserved.com/gallery/Villa-for-Mukambi-Safari-Lodge-Zambia/722291

Villa for Mukambi Safari Lodge on Behance
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vkxju6aoZw

You Tube on Djenne mud plastering a mosque in Mali.
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http://gfestructures.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/rammed-earth-co-housing-in-south-africa/

Rammed earth blog from GFE Structures.
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http://periwinkleporte.com/tag/botswana/

Botswana vernacular architecture compared to a weaver nest.
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http://www.wmor.co.uk/images/documents/wmorarmay2010.pdf

Article about a road trip looking at vernacular architecture on Africa's west coast.
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http://africanurbanism.net/2012/03/31/traditional-igbo-design/

African Urbanism on Nigerian traditional architecture and Urban design.
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http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/HomesandProperty/The-hut--the-first-building-in-Uganda/-/689858/1522996/-/item/0/-/k3l3a4z/-/index.html

The hut, the first building in Uganda by Daily Monitor.
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http://www.johntyman.com/africa/11.html

Photo journal, Luhya vernacular architecture, Kenya
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c16u5XOY_88

You Tube video on vacationing in mud huts in Uganda.
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http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/07/sand-dunes-darth-vaders-home-tatooine/

Darth Vader's childhood home being taken over by sand dune by Green Prophet.
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http://www.southafrica.net/za/en/articles/entry/article-southafrica.net-eco-architecture-in-south-africa#.UmPEExAwd25

Eco-architecture in South Africa.
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http://www.3dphoto.net/africa3d/zambia/lodges/lodges.html

Safari lodges in Zambia.
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http://studiodaylight.wordpress.com/

Design project for a school in Tanzania.
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http://macuti.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/24-the-straw-hut-sculpture-park/#more-448

Blog looking at vernacular architecture in Tanzania.
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http://sahbu.org/mud-huts-resourcefulness-of-the-people-observed/

A look at vernacular construction deep inside Liberia.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahx2wp7obv0

Video on the ecomics of making mud bricks in Rwanda on You-Tube.
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http://inhabitat.com/gorgeous-forum-homini-boutique-hotel-cradles-africas-evolutionary-history/

Inhabitat article about a hotel in the "cradle of humankind".
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http://blog.projecttrust.org.uk/?p=1460

Research into Uganda vernacular architecture.
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http://blog.sunsafaris.com/2013/04/16/featured-accommodation-ngoma-safari-lodge/

Just another beautiful safari lodge in Botswana.
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http://naturalhomes.org/timeline/toposa-tukels.htm

Web site on vernacular architecture around the world including Africa.
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http://www.awf.org/projects/chiawa-cultural-village

Eco-tourism lodges by African Wildlife Foundation.
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http://www.pro-bike.ro/forums/blog/194/entry-1987-no-country-for-old-men/

Motorcycle trip through Africa.
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http://www.margaret-courtney-clarke.com/african_canvas.htm

Stunning photograpghs of plastering in West Africa.
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http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/mud-structures-citadel/2227

10 incredible mud structures.
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http://maliba-lodge.com/gallery/category/5-lodge-construction.html

Photo gallery of construction of a lodge in Lesotho.
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http://ethos-photographic.blogspot.com/2010/12/architectural-structures-malawi-africa.html

Blog from Malawi.
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http://african-architecture.blogspot.com/2007/06/reflections-of-places-in-ghana.html

A look at a village in Ghana.
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http://pictify.com/596873/tukuls-vernacular-architecture-of-ethiopia

Pictify looks at Ethiopian tukuls.
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http://www.afritecture.org/architecture/butabu

Afritecture blog on the book Butabu: Adobe Architecture of West Africa.
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http://swazischool.wordpress.com/

Building a tradeschool in Swaziland..
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http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5057

Can you call this Kenyan vernacular architecture?
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http://thetravelgal.blogspot.com/2011/09/vernacular-architecture.html

Blog about architectural transformation in Swaziland.
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http://www.afritecture.org/architecture/banyan-tree-resort

Afritecture looks at a resort in Mauritius.
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https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.496111883759218.96951.489309917772748
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Madagascar vernacular architecture on Facebook.
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http://abari.org/bamboo-in-uganda

Bamboo construction in Uganda.
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http://johannawickstrom.wordpress.com/tag/architecture/

Eco lodge in Siwa Oasis, Egypt.
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