🚨 Michael Carrick in four months as Man United interim manager…
➖Defeated Pep Guardiola’s Man City.
➖Defeated Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal.
➖Defeated Arne Slot’s Liverpool.
➖Defeated Liam Rosenior’s Chelsea.
➖Defeated Unai Emery’s Aston Villa.
This week this account posted architecture from Uganda, Kerala, Goa, India, Ghana, Cameroon, Vietnam, Ecuador, South Africa, Morocco and Brazil.
In Uganda, two primary schools built from local Kidepo stone and compressed earth blocks manufactured on site. The roof trusses were designed so light that two workers could lift them without machinery.
In Kerala, homes built from laterite, clay tile and timber that cool themselves without air conditioning in a climate identical to most of coastal and central Africa.
In Goa, an architect who harvests her building material from the same ground the house sits on.
In Ghana, a library built off-grid for 9,000 euros using rammed earth. Still standing. Children still inside it.
In Cameroon, a stone church built before 1948, every stone carried by hand from a hill kilometers away. Still standing after over 75 years.
In India, a university for 9,000 students built entirely in brick, modelled on ancient stepwells, with no mechanical cooling.
Every material used across every project this week exists in Africa. Every climate problem solved exists in Africa. Every skill required exists in Africa.
The only thing missing is the decision to take what we already have seriously.
If you’re seeing this for the first time, the profile has the full week.