MEMBERS & VISITORS: Africans Invented Air Conditioning For the longest time designers have wondered and been confused as to why most African traditional homes and architecture in general did not have windows. They was concerned about ventilation and air circulation. Well, they started digging and the discoveries they have made are unbelievable! We […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS WE’RE DREAMING SMART! THIS IS OUR EXPECTATION Nairobi, Kenya: The year is 2047. One Nobel Prize winner, two alumni who currently serve as African state leaders, and numerous major CEOs as well as other luminaries, devotees, and alumni have gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tharaka Invention Academy. This is […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: WHEN AFRICAN INNOVATORS COMPETE IN ARCHITECTURAL SPACES What will happen when African creators invent new forms of making things or adopting existing forms like those in building construction like that originated in 1964 by Dante Bini . We can wait and hold our breath for unimaginable surprises.  After […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: World’s Top Architect of 2022 Architecture’s Top Prize in 2022 Goes to Architect From West Africa Growing up in a poor village in Burkina Faso, Francis Kéré didn’t play soccer with the other boys. He helped fix houses. After winning a scholarship to a vocational school for carpentry in Germany and […]

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