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  2. Rondavel - Wikipedia

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    Its walls are often constructed from stones. The mortar may consist of sand, soil, or combinations of these, mixed with cow dung. The floor of a traditional rondavel is finished with a dung mixture to make it hard and smooth. The main roofing elements of a rondavel are spars or poles taken from tree limbs, which have been harvested and cut to ...

  3. List of Art Deco architecture in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Botanik Social House (formerly Land and Agricultural Bank of South Africa), City Centre, Cape Town, 1938; Cape Town General Post Office Grand Central, Cape Town; Commercial building (formerly Scott's Building), City Centre, Cape Town, 1932; Dorchester Apartments, Sea Point, Cape Town, 1935; Downtown Lodge Residence, Zonnebloem, Cape Town

  4. African design - Wikipedia

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    Like all forms of design, African design is defined by its creativity and continuous evolution. Design is a form of story-telling and it is a medium through which those stories are told. In 2009, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie spoke on "The Danger of a Single Story" which has become one of the top ten most-viewed TED Talks of all time. For years ...

  5. Architecture of Africa - Wikipedia

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    A common theme in traditional African architecture is the use of fractal scaling: small parts of the structure tend to look similar to larger parts, such as a circular village made of circular houses. [1] African architecture in some areas has been influenced by external cultures for centuries, according to available evidence.

  6. African round hut - Wikipedia

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    A traditional African hut in Ethiopia. The African round hut known in literature as cone on cylinder or cone on drum hut. The hut has different names in various African languages. It is constructed usually with a conical foundation and peaked thatched roof. It is most commonly made out of mud and its roof is often made with grass and with local ...

  7. Swahili architecture - Wikipedia

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    Swahili architecture is a term used to designate a whole range of diverse building traditions practiced or once practiced along the eastern and southeastern coasts of Africa. Rather than simple derivatives of Islamic architecture from the Arabic world, Swahili stone architecture is a distinct local product as a result of evolving social and ...

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