Symbolic Architecture
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Even the architecture of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre aims to raise awareness of the evils of genocide. The… Read More
Fact-A-Day Archive
White Gables
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The iconic white gable seen on multiple South African farm houses and schools is a display of Cape Dutch Architecture…. Read More
Bent Pyramid
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The Bent Pyramid outside Cairo is interesting as it shows how the ancient Egyptian architects tested building techniques for a… Read More
Modern mud house
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In 2014 a Senegalese architecture firm, Atelier Koé, won second place in the Nka Foundation’s competition: “Reinventing the African Mud… Read More
Coptic Time
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Ethiopia has 13 months in a year. This is because they have adopted the Coptic calendar. The Coptic calendar has… Read More
Misalignment
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The Earth takes exactly 365 days, 5 hours, 10 minutes and 48 seconds to complete one revolution. By adding a… Read More