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Vo Trong Nghia Architects wraps own office in urban fruit and vegetables farm
Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed Urban Farming Office, its own head office in Ho Chi Minh City, creating a concrete-framed building covered in a “vertical farm” of vegetables, fruits and herbs. Located on a corner site in the city’s Thu Duc district, the Urban Farming Office was designed to be emblematic of the plant-filled, low-energy architecture
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Karand Architectural Group Proposes JEY Park Pedestrian Bridge & Viewpoint In Tehran, Iran
Commissioned by Tehran municipality, Karand architectural group designed a viewpoint and pedestrian-bicycle bridge in a former military field in district 9 of Tehran, Iran. The first step of this project was to study the design experiences of urban viewpoints, observation towers and pedestrian bridges in terms of their role, design objectives and functions in city as urban spaces. Following the
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Solar plant transforms rural community in Tsholotsho
THE Bemba community of Tsholotsho is enjoying the installation of a solar plant to power their homesteads and improve access to water for household and irrigation purposes. About 70 kilometres from Tsholotsho centre is Bemba village which the locals have named ‘Emaguswini Komnyamubambile’, loosely translated ‘where darkness has a grip’. The history behind the name
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Khami Ruins National Monument— what a gem!
Sitting on top of the King’s platform at Khami Ruins outside Bulawayo, one’s eyes are greeted by the beauty and splendor of the dense, lush, green forest surrounding the enclosure. One’s mind goes back in time and tries to imagine what the king of the Kalanga Togwa/ Torwa, King Tjibundule of the Hhowu totem, was
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