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ARCHITECTURE
Tudor Apartments in Mombasa, Kenya.
mage Courtesy of Urko Sanchez Architects
Off Lamu, expanded resources have allowed for larger scale projects;
the Tudor Apartments in Mombasa have also drawn international
attention and show Sanchez's style in a larger, urban context,
indicating a possible route for the more affluent developments in
East Africa. Encased in a mashrabiya (wooden lattice) shell to tie in
with the area's Islamic influence on architecture, the high rise
development uses the same local material, low energy and open
space approach that Sanchez developed on Lamu combined with a
distinctly 21st century form.
Building on the success of the Anidan buildings, Sanchez has
extended his work for children off Lamu, with buildings for the SOS
children's charity in Somalia and Djibouti that bring the same
respect for children and East African heritage to larger scales.
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