Turkana Houses - World
Turkana Houses A new book describes how UN-Habitat and renowned Japanese architect joined forces to design refugee homes in Kenya 21 December 2020 -- A newly published book Turkana Houses describes how UN-Habitat worked with the renowned Japanese Architect, Shigeru Ban to create various prototypes of shelters for refugees and host community members in north east Kenya. The book describes how Mr Ban, a renowned architect and winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize constructed 14 houses in the Kalobeyei Settlement, Turkana after testing seven housing types in the settlement. This was the re...
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