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| Architect | traditional |
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| Location | Kenya, Africa | |
| Date | 0 to 1990 timeline | |
| Building Type | owner-built small houses | |
| Construction System | dung plastered over bent wood wands | |
| Climate | tropical | |
| Context | rural | |
| Style | African Vernacular | |
| Notes | loaf shaped houses, grouped in circular enclosures | |
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Photo, exterior, a tribal leader and his son AW FREE TRIAL IMAGE at ArchitectureWeek Photo, interior, low entry way at ArchitectureWeek Photo, interior, kitchen area at ArchitectureWeek More images available on The GBC CD-ROM. Photo contributions appreciated
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"Postcard from Tanzania", by Rob Busby, ArchitectureWeek No. 127, 2002.1218, pC1.1. The Masai Women : The Masai of Kenya. 1974. VHS-NTSC format video tape. ISBN 630340247X. — Video - Available at Amazon.com Dennis Sharp, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Whitney Library of Design, an imprint of Watson-Guptil Publications, 1991. ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. photo of women plastering houses, p197. Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
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