Maasai Houses
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 | Maasai Houses |
| Designer | traditional |
| Location | Kenya, Africa |
| Date | 0 to 1990 |
| Building Type | owner-built small houses |
| Climate | tropical |
| Context | rural |
| Architectural Style | African Vernacular |
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| Notes | loaf shaped houses, grouped in circular enclosures |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Maasai_Houses.html |
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<! -- resources -->"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.
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