Gantous Arquitectos, Mexico, run by Christian Gantous: a submerging printing plant, a majestic altarpiece made in collaboration with sculptor, Javier Marin, & other work. Post 1 of 2.

Zacatecas Cathedral, design & construction of a new altarpiece & worship space in collaboration with sculptor Javier Marin: “to create an optimal dialogue between the church’s magnificent eighteenth-century baroque façade […]

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Spanish architect, Urko Sanchez is based in Mombasa, Kenya. His practice’s mandate is ‘that a building should express where it is from, whether..the East African Coast or in the Highlands’. See Blogroll for a link.

SOS Primary School, Hargeysa, Somaliland / Anidan Children’s Atelier, Lamu, Kenya / The Red Pepper House, Lamu, Kenya / Selas House, Lamu Island, Kenya / Lamu Apartments, Lamu, Kenya / One Way House, Lamu Island, […]

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Architect, Richard Leplastrier’s legacy. He was, along with another Australian architect, Peter Wilson, awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) 2015 International Fellowship in February. Images from multiple sources.

Leplastrier, born in 1939, studying and practicing in Sydney, was an early designer of prefabricated structures, with attention to the building sitting lightly within the surrounding natural environment.  His deceptively […]

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