COMPAQ:

Is there ANYTHING in Nigeria that is inspiring

Because Nigeria is living in the shadows of another country (the United States 90% of the time) in almost all areas of life.

EuroMeko:

As much as I love my house, I have no desire to have the same thing in Nigeria. It will be out of place and I much would prefer a more open space that will let both natural light and air come inside.



As far as the design of some of the structure sin Nigeria, I think this shed that I build with my own hands with my kids looks better than some of the lackluster buildings you Guys have shown in Nigeria.

Jbenue:

Its not just the style of the  housing alone, in nigeria most of our cities are dead in a ton planning sense, the city center in nigeria always looks disjointed there seems to be a lack of synergy in the ay different buildings relate to each other. There is always a roadwith no pavement what so ever boardered by Open drains(I never undrstood this concept). The buildings on the side of the road are either right up against the road making it crowded or to far from the road  creating a space for litter to accumalate. Furthermore why must there be a fence between every building? The cities would look so much better if there were shop terrises in ros rather than the disjointedness of individual buildings boardered by a cold fence. Nigerian architects, city planners and city planners have a lot of work to do if we are to catch up with the rest of the world.

EzeUche!:

Let us improve our traditional architecture.

Mud houses are very cool inside. You do not have to worry about the harsh African Sun.

EzeUche!:

Ileke-IdI. . . Ba wo ni oremi. Ba wo lowa? Mos'aro e. . .

That being said, I like the simplicity of Africa's traditional structure.

I do not want to see a concrete jungle. Is that what we call progress? We need to improve on our traditional architecture, just like the Chinese, Indians and other groups.

Remii:

Inside of these "huts" are state of arts finihsed.

vladimiros:

[b]i don`t know the point of this thread[/b]lived in a abuja and i saw houses that made my jaw drop

vladimiros:

i don`t know the point of this thread
lived in a abuja and i saw houses that made my jaw drop

Rgp92:

Beautiful . Which country is that nvm

Omo_Tier1:

I think your seemingly lack of exposure to several affuluent cities/towns in Nigeria is responsible for much of the views expressed in your postings.

What you fail to realize is that virtually all the cities in Nigeria have standard planning/layout in place and like most things, we are too strong headed to follow simple rules and regulations.

As for the issue of fencing, I fail to understand your point. Where I live in the UK, most of the houses -victorian era type- are fenced with either wires, flower hedges, bricks, or wood! Although here, it's more of privacy while in Nigeria it appears now to be more of the insecurity.

As for terracing of houses, really? terraced houses in a region where all year round the place is HOT with cases of excessive weather temperatures? I hope you are aware the primary reason houses are terraced -apart from the obliquness of the terrain- is to conserve HEAT in regions that often experience extreme cold weather.-This you would always be taught in your First year course in Architecture/Architecture  Engineering in Nigeria [Arch 104, if I can still recall]-