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ትምህርታዊ ንግግር በ: ዳዊት በንቲ ርዕስ: Architectural Echoes: Regionalist Modernism in 1960s Addis Ababa ቀን: ሰኔ 11 2018 ዓም ቦታ: አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ ዋናው ግቢ ራስ መኮንን አዳራሽ ሰዐት: 9:00 ህንጻ ነዳፊ እና መምህር ዳዊት በንቲ ሐሙስ ሰኔ 11 ቀን 2018 ዓም (June 18 2026 እኤአ) በ 9 ሰአት አዲስአበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ ዋናው ግቢ ባለው በ ራስ መኮንን አዳራሽ ውስጥ ትምህርታዊ ንግግር ያደርጋል። ንግግሩ በ1950ዎቹ እና 60ዎቹ በነበረው ወርቃማው የኪነህንጻ ወቅት በነበረው አትኩሮተ አውድ ላይ ያጠነጥናል። ሁሉም ሰው ተጋብዟል። Society of Friends of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies @ethiopianarchitectureandurbanism

Reminder: Opportunity to have student work featured at the inaugural Pan-African Biennale in September 2026 in Nairobi. For more information, please see our previous post here.

Call for Creative Video Editor We are seeking a creative video editor to contribute to our ongoing creative project. If you are a skilled video editor, we invite you to share your portfolio, sample works (links, etc) that best demonstrate your abilities. Submission Details: Deadline: Tuesday 16 June 2026 Email: narchomearchitecture@gmail.com Subject Line: “Video Editor” 👉 Only the selected finalist will be contracted to commence work shortly thereafter. 👉 Kindly send this if you know someone with these skills. We look forward to seeing your creativity and working together! #opportunity #NArcHomeArchitecture 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

"Primer l'amor, després la tècnica." "First love, then technique" — A. Gaudí 📷 Gaudi walking in Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona (UB) #architecture #feature 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

“my client” (referring to God) “is not in a hurry” - Antoni Gaudi Antoni Gaudí (1853-1926) died 100 years ago today at age 73, after spending >40 years on his 'magnum opus' La Sagrada Familia & completing only 1/4 of it. He designed using hanging weights & gravity #models, then inverted them to determine #arches & #columns. Inspired by #nature, he lived austerely, focused solely on the #basilica. He died 3 days after being struck by a tram while walking around #Barcelona. During the incident his clothes were so tattered (his underwear held together with safety pins) that passersby mistook him for a homeless man hence delayed aid for almost an hr. Though much remained unfinished, his plans endured. Today, the basilica stands 172.5 m tall, below #MontjuïcHill, honoring his belief that human creations shouldn't surpass God’s work. The basilica, 1926, when Gaudi died, with only St Barnabas tower completed. Gaudí’s tomb in the Basilica’s crypt. #architecture 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

Call for Creative Video Editor We are seeking a creative video editor to contribute to our ongoing creative project. If you are a skilled video editor, we invite you to share your portfolio, sample works (links, etc) that best demonstrate your abilities. Submission Details: Deadline: Tuesday 15 June 2026 Email: narchomearchitecture@gmail.com Subject Line: “Video Editor” 👉 Only the selected finalist will be contracted to commence work shortly thereafter. 👉 Kindly send this if you know someone with these skills. We look forward to seeing your creativity and working together! #opportunity #NArcHomeArchitecture 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

📍 BUCABUMA Scholarship Opportunity The BUCABUMA Project (Building Capacity in Circular Natural Building Materials using Frugal Digital and Traditional Engineering Innovations) is a fully funded EU–Africa academic mobility programme advancing sustainable construction across Africa and Europe. The programme brings together KNUST (Ghana), University of Nairobi (Kenya), Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), and KIT (Germany) to strengthen skills in circular economy approaches, climate-resilient construction, and natural building materials such as bamboo, clay, and other locally available resources. Through this scholarship, students and researchers gain access to international mobility, hands-on training, and collaborative research opportunities that combine traditional building knowledge with modern digital engineering tools. 📌📌 Start your application here. #ethiopia #addisabeba #opportunity 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

"Addis Ababa" is the most widely recognized spelling of the capital name, but "Addis Abeba" was an earlier and phonetically more accurate spelling. Which one do you prefer? #urbaninsight #ethiopia #addisabeba 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

Is your project using traditional knowledge to solve local challenges? Apply now! Supporting grassroots initiatives rooted in traditional building knowledge is central to INTBAU's mission. Through our Grassroots Grants programme, we have funded projects around the world with work including craftsmanship preservation, climate-resilient housing, and community empowerment. The programme has attracted applications from over 70 countries — a response that speaks to how widely traditional building knowledge is alive and needed. #INTBAU is proud to support Earthna and Qatar Foundation in promoting a global initiative that closely aligns with this work — the Earthna Prize. The Prize is open to NGOs, community-based organisations, civil society organisations, and private sector entities. Applications are open until 20 July 2026. Read more and apply here. https://www.earthna.qa/earthna-prize-2026

Final Ethiopian Construction Codes and Standards-based Via Ethiopian Construction Authority #architecture #city #urbaninsight #ethiopia #addisabeba 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

Call for Branding Competition Open exclusively to College of Technology and Built Environment (#CTBE) students and staff from both campuses (5 Killo & Lideta). Goal: Design a brand identity that celebrates African railway heritage, connectivity, movement, and forward momentum. Awards: ETB 30,000+ Deadline: 12 June 2026 at 9:00 PM #opportunity 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

🏛 AFRICA HALL REVITALISED Africa Hall, the iconic 1961 modernist landmark in Addis Ababa and birthplace of the Organization of African Unity, has undergone a landmark decade-long restoration and redevelopment led by Architectus. This session, presented by Mewded Wolde, Senior Architect at Architectus, explores the design, conservation strategies, and adaptive reuse process behind one of Africa’s most significant modernist heritage projects. 🎙 Keynote Speaker: Ephrem Nigussie Lecturer at EiABC–Addis Ababa University & Senior Conservation Architect at Fasil Giorghis CAE 📅 Friday, June 05, 2026 🕕 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 🚪 Door Opens at 5:30 PM 📍The Urban Center Registration is Mandatory Registration link: https://forms.office.com/r/JkVvAdq7TE or via the QR code on the poster.

OPEN CALL: STUDENT PROJECTS The Pan-African Biennale invites students from across the African continent and its diaspora to submit projects engaging with African urban futures. Open to students in architecture, urban design, planning, art, design, and related disciplines. Individual and group submissions accepted. Up to 20 projects will be exhibited during opening week. Submission Deadline: June 15, 2026 Notification: July 14, 2026 Biennale Dates: September 7 to 11, 2026, Nairobi Apply via the link in our bio. Contact: calls@panafricanbiennale.org

Wub Addis II: Painting a Vanishing City #Exhibition documents #AddisAbeba’s fading neighborhoods through watercolor and acrylic. An acrylic painting measuring 1.3 meters by 1.8 meters greets visitors at the entrance of the second gallery room inside the Taitu Culture and Education Center. The canvas assembles fragments of Addis Abeba’s disappearing #urbanmemory — market scenes, architectural details and #streetscapes that have either been demolished or erased by the city’s rapid transformation. The works form part of “Wub Addis 2 – Dej-af,” an exhibition featuring 48 paintings by the artist Harun Sulaiman. Full story here. #heritage #history #article #architecture #event #city #urbaninsight 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

Happy Eid al Adha to all our Muslim subscribers of our channel. May this holiday bring you all peace, compassion, and togetherness. #architecture #event #ethiopia #addisabeba 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

Seminar: "A Future for the Past: Channelges and Opportunities in the Study and Preservation of Built Heritage in Gondar Royal Compound" to be presented by Fasil Ghiorgis. Host: University of Gondar's Inistitute of Technology More info. is available on the poster. Via Gondar University #feature #ethiopia #heritage #history #architecture #event #opportunity 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArcHomeArchitecture

Could we have 13 million new tiles please? The astonishing £42m rebirth of modernist masterpiece Africa Hall “Mezzedimi’s design emanated a spirit of optimism, embodying functional clarity and spatial openness, sitting in a garden landscape with expansive views over Addis Abeba.” writes Catherine Slessor Read the complete article here. Photographs: Rory Gardiner and Africa Hall in 1966. Photograph: Mondadori Portfolio/Mondadori/Getty Images

The architectural practice founded and led by the prominent Architect Rahel Shawl, #RAAS, is to represent Ethiopia on the Pan-African #Biennale from 7 to 11 September 2026 in #Nairobi, #Kenya. Check the full list of participants from across the continent here. #urbaninsight #ethiopia #feature #event #architecture #update 📌 Design for Humanity. @NArchomeArchitecture