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Hokkien community (Chinese:唐人屋敷) doing business at Nagasaki in the second half of the 18th century. Swallowtail roof (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ìnn-bé-tsiah; Traditional Chinese: 燕尾脊, literally "swallowtail ridge") is a feature rarely (if at all) seen in non-Hoklo Han Chinese architecture. It is very common in Hokkien and Taiwan.
The Hausa people predominantly dwell in the humid Sahel and Savannah zones of Central West Africa up to the southern boundary of the Sahara. [citation needed] Pre-colonial Hausa architecture found in Hausaland was influenced by cultural and environmental elements as dwellings were constructed from earthy and vegetation materials found in the surroundings, the materials are then used to build ...
Ekundayo Adeyinka Adeyemi (27 February 1937 – 25 January 2022) was a Nigerian architect and academic who was a distinguished professor of architecture at Covenant University, Ota. In 1975, Adeyemi attained professorship at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria a promotion that made him the first professor of architecture in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan ...
This list of house styles lists styles of vernacular architecture – i.e., ... used in the design of houses. African. Cape Dutch (South Africa) ...
Buildings and structures in Nigeria by local government area (1 C) Buildings and structures in Nigeria by type (23 C) Lists of buildings and structures in Nigeria (4 C, 15 P)
21st-century architecture in Nigeria (2 C, 31 P) This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 15:42 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
A mud house in a rural area in Nigeria. Rural African architecture research has generally been viewed in a limited perspective and has widely been considered primitive in building technology and techniques. [118] Architecture as a practice in rural Africa also extends to the construction of religious dwellings as well. [119]
The idea for the formation of an independent professional architect's organization in Nigeria was first conceived and motivated by three architects. In 1958, an 8 member study group was formed to carry out detailed planning for the establishment of the Institute which ultimately culminated in inauguration of the Institute. The Nigerian ...