NLÉ received the Silver Lion for a Promising Young Participant in the International Exhibition Reporting From the Front for his Makoko Floating School. The jury cited, “a powerful demonstration, be it in Lagos or in Venice, that architecture, at once iconic and pragmatic, can amplify the importance of education.”
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DEZEEN – MAY 2016
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi has been awarded the Silver Lion for bringing his floating school to the Venice Biennale, as part of his ongoing research into building for flood-prone regions.
CCTV AFRICA – MARCH 2016
CCTV Africa visit Makoko Floating School to speak to the headmaster Noah Shemede and his students about their experiences since attending class there.
REUTERS – MARCH 2016
Thomson Reuters capture some candid photographs of a typical day at Makoko Floating School
NBC NEWS – March 2016
An aid-funded floating school is a beacon of hope for the Makoko fishing community in Nigeria.
Financial Times – March 2016
Instead of simply building flood defences, designers are beginning to create structures and buildings that embrace water.
THE GUARDIAN – FEBRUARY 2016
‘Lagos shows how a city can recover from a deep, deep pit’: Rem Koolhaas talks to Kunlé Adeyemi In 1997 two architects set out to rethink Lagos, an African megacity that had been largely abandoned by the state. Amid the apparent chaos and crime, they discovered remarkable patterns of organisation. Two decades later, Rem Koolhaas… Continue reading THE GUARDIAN – FEBRUARY 2016
Wallpaper – February 2016
Earlier this month, news of the expanded Serpentine Pavilion sent ripples of excitement through the capital, and now we’ve been granted a first look at the main pavilion and accompanying four Summer Houses taking shape this summer.
Designboom – February 2016
unveiled at the same time as this year’s serpentine pavilion design by bjarke ingels group (BIG), four other architects have been commissioned to present their version of a summer house/folly. the expanded program intends to introduce contemporary architecture to a wider audience with the design of a summer house which references a classical building by… Continue reading Designboom – February 2016
GENERALI – FEBRUARY 2016
Climate change, urbanization and floodings: the aquatic city of Makoko, Nigeria.