Royal Embassy of the Netherlands
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Aga Khan Award Winner
Recipient of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007.

A new European embassy in Africa is often an imposed (or at least imported) affair, using materials and human resources brought from outside. The Dutch Embassy in Addis Ababa is different. It was realised entirely by local contractors, using the only widely available local construction material, concrete, coupled with Ethiopian stone and timber for the interior finishes. The brief required new buildings for the ambassador's residence, chancellery and staff housing, and the renovation of the existing deputy ambassador's house. Along the way (the project took eight years to realise) a small school was added to the programme.

Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Completed 2005
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55,000 m²
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government
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