^^^Greek Arch. looks Nigerian too. Ugly and unorganized.

haha Everything in Nigeria is ugly cement. Are nigerians scared of brick or something? brick adds an element of classyness to a building.
And nigerian hotels need to stop using those funky interior colors and colored lights. Why does everything in the room have to be pale green? damn 

Ileke-IdI:

^^^Greek Arch. looks Nigerian too. Ugly and unorganized.

You have no taste!

Greek Architecture is simple but elegant.

^^^ What's so great about that? My 4 years old brother can draw something more intriguing than that vomit. 

It's not organized, so pale, no color, looks like Lego[size=5pt]^TM[/size] block animations.

pleep:

haha Everything in Nigeria is ugly cement. Are nigerians scared of brick or something? brick adds an element of classyness to a building.
And nigerian hotels need to stop using those funky interior colors and colored lights. Why does everything in the room have to be pale green? damn 

I wonder o. And the paints on the cement wears out faster than on brick walls.
I love brick houses.

@Ezeuche visit the North and see some interesting architecture. Not as white as the Greek ones cos our dust have claws

Check out Kajuru castle in Kaduna, its peacful and beautiful

Also the FG experimented with brick houses in Abuja, beautiful but I think they cause so much heat

kcjazz:

@Ezeuche visit the North and see some interesting architecture. Not as white as the Greek ones cos our dust have claws

Check out Kajuru castle in Kaduna, its peacful and beautiful

Also the FG experimented with brick houses in Abuja, beautiful but I think they cause so much heat

Why must we copy brick houses, when the reason why brick houses are made in the United States and Europe is, because the Winters are cold. It doesn't make sense.

Nigerians should also try stone houses. This will be really cheap for peeps that live in Ogun and Akure. Stones/ rocks plenty for those locations















Nigeria dares not try this damnation!!

Ileke-IdI:

Nigerians should also try stone houses. This will be really cheap for peeps that live in Ogun and Akure. Stones/ rocks plenty for those locations

Stone houses for what? To keep the heat in?

Ileke-IdI:

This is my old appt complex, even this is too messy for me. I needed something more sophisticated.





Nigeria needs to up its standard before I go back home plz

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Why not use architecture inspired by the structures from our pre-colonial past?

Must we copy everything from the oyibos?

EzeUche!:

Stone houses for what? To keep the heat in?  

There's sth called windows and AC or fan. But those are just my suggestions.
If we have to continue with cement, then we need to upgrade our designs. Can't we make it look bricklike? I've seen that around my area.  

Try bricks on one side of the house and cement on the other.

EzeUche!:

Why not use architecture inspired by the structures from our pre-colonial past?

Must we copy everything from the oyibos?

Obviously, you have no taste whatsoever.

Do you see Asians making brick houses?  

They use their traditional architecture techniques with a modern flavor.

Ileke-IdI:

Obviously, you have no taste whatsoever.

Tufiakwa! I could never be married to you. I find your taste in quality lacking. . .

EzeUche!:

Do you see Asians making brick houses?  

They use their traditional architecture techniques [size=14pt]with a modern flavor.
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Something Nigeria is lacking. What did you think the point of this thread was?; How to post pictures in under 1 min?

EzeUche!:

Tufiakwa! I could never be married to you. I find your taste in quality lacking. . .

Dudeeeee, you're the one that was just posting ant mounds. Talk about taste.

Ileke-IdI:

Something Nigeria is lacking. What did you think the point of this thread was?; How to post pictures in under 1 min?

We do not need brick on stone houses. Do you want us to die of a heat stroke?

Ileke-IdI:

Dudeeeee, you're the one that was just posting ant mounds. Talk about taste.

I am talking about using our traditional architecture to inspire new modern architecture. Do not be daft!

EzeUche!:

We do not need brick on stone houses. Do you want us to die of a heat stroke?

You dont have to. Some brick houses are also designed with woods/cements to allow the heat to radiate out. Florida is pretty hot (we're past 100 degs right now), but my house is made with brick. As of right now, no one has died of heat stroke. I understand that some houses may not have A/C, but large windows and fans might help with that area.

The house just needs to be well planned.

EzeUche!:

I am talking about using our traditional architecture to inspire new modern architecture. Do not be daft!

Tread carefully, I've tried not to be rude.

So which traditional architection can be used to inspire modern ones? That ant hill you previously posted? What can it inspire?

EzeUche!:

BTW, this house still looks like a western architectural idea.

It does not have to be brick then. I forget the name of the material but it is just a "brick face" you can use to give your home the brick look. There are just too many options to explore. Especially in a place like Nigeria where there are so many natural resources.

I was watching a show on tv and they were showing condos in new mexico or so. I would never have thought they were condos. They basically made them look like something that came out of the mayan times or something like that. It definitely had that old mexican flare but was very modern. I think that is what you mean by modernizing out own traditional styles. I have also seen pictures of the north I really like those old fashioned looking homes. The look old but they scream history. I like that too.

Ileke-Idi. . . Eeyan pataki ni e.

But you still make me angry.

I don't know about your people's traditional architecture, but the mud houses of the Igbo can be used as inspiration.

I just looked it up and those homes are called Pueblo style homes. They are very modern but definitely fot with the local culture. A house like that would look out of place in Chicago but beautiful in my opinion in the desert

Outstrip:

I just looked it up and those homes are called Pueblo style homes. They are very modern but definitely fot with the local culture. A house like that would look out of place in Chicago but beautiful in my opinion in the desert

Very nice style!

Outstrip:

I just looked it up and those homes are called Pueblo style homes. They are very modern but definitely fot with the local culture. A house like that would look out of place in Chicago but beautiful in my opinion in the desert

There's a lot of those houses in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. They're famous for their Native American heritage.

But I wouldn't touch those style with a 5000 miles pole. Maybe it's bcuz of the clay-like cement they used.

Too "hmm-hmmm" for me.

EzeUche!:

Ileke-Idi. . . Eeyan pataki ni e.

But you still make me angry. 

I don't know about your people's traditional architecture, but the mud houses of the Igbo can be used as inspiration.

Ugly. Dont see naything modern coming out of that. Well, that's just me.

So have we established that you have no taste whatsoever? Yes? Okay, case closed. 

Here is Kajuru Castle in Kaduna with a modern touch

kcjazz:

Here is Kajuru Castle in Kaduna with a modern touch

Which modern?

Looks like something from Harry Porter. Which part of the designs had Northern influence in it?

@ topis- when compared to british architecture? or what??

I very much prefer the normal layouts of Nigerian architecture to most countries which are dull and uninspiring.

What makes nigerian buildings more disgusting are surroundings in which they are built,unpaved pavements,driveways and open drains.Nigerians spends millions building mansions in places that looks like landfill sites.

Why is Nigeria so unlnspiring? That is what I want to know.