Mega Thread: East Africa's iconic Architecture

Viva tower + Uhuru heights, very nice presentation..
And that's why east African cities (DSM & Nai ) has the fastest growing skylines in Africa.

The Bank of Tanzania (BoT)

Julius nyerere international convention center.
DSM

PPF tower Dsm


NSSF water front Dsm


Golden Jubilee Tower Dsm


Mawasiliano Tower

game over said:

Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
Dodoma Tz
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Duh, sio bongo hii?

MAGARI7 said:

Duh, sio bongo hii?

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Hapana mkuu, ni Dodoma

Sifa Towers Nairobi

Geminia Insurance Nairobi

Beautiful mosques /churches /temples / other places of worship also have fantastic architecture.
Some wealthy east africans have also built some fantastic homes. Public places e.g parks, amusement areas,

All that is architecture.

Maritime control tower, Dar es Salaam

Iconic designs here!!

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Maritime control tower, Dar es Salaam
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Actually, I was thinking abort posting the pictures of that tower!

Uganda house, Kampala

The grand Ghaddafi Mosque (renamed recently the Uganda National Mosque) It is the fifth largest mosque, and I think the it the largest place of worship in the entire East and Central Africa, with a capacity for close to 25, 000 worshippers. It is one of my favourite haunts whenever I am in Kampala. And it is like u can see the spire of this building from pretty much anywhere in Kampala.

Imperial Royale Hotel, Kampala

The Hindu Temple, Nairobi

The Nairobi Safari Club







I read somewhere that the designer of this building actually got the idea of his design from this.....

Whereas the KICC designer chose African hut,the one for upcoming 47 floor Avic Int.Africa HQ chose chinese culture ....

Ian Cruz said:

Whereas the KICC designer chose African hut,the one for upcoming 47 floor Avic Int.Africa HQ chose chinese culture ....

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Yeah, u mean the auditorium, the shorter structure to the right.


But where did the idea for the 'kofia' come from? It was really ingenuous.

Very refreshing indeed!KICC beats all African towers with its African touch,and this record is here to stay,AVIC,BRITAM,UAP,HASS,ABCORN are laced with modernity and not really with an African touch ....Nairobi on TOP OF AFRICA,We call it African rooftop!