A renowned Ghanaian-British architect has designed a vast library due to be built using locally sourced mud, stone and wood, near Johannesburg in South Africa. The building is over 5,000 square meters in size.
Winner of the 27th Annual Crystal Award at the Davos World Economic Forum, Ghanaian-British architect, Sir David Adjaye Obe, has designed a surprising project: a library built partially with mud.
The library will make use of locally sourced compressed mud to make a rammed earth facade. Less energy-intensive and less costly than concrete, rammed earth has been used for centuries to make buildings, before largely falling out of use. The architect has therefore sought to rev…
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