{"id":175,"date":"2019-07-21T00:58:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T23:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/?p=175"},"modified":"2020-07-31T11:02:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T10:02:10","slug":"africa-architectural-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/2019\/07\/21\/africa-architectural-wonders\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Architectural Wonders of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nothing defines a place as much as its architecture. In Africa, like every other continent, the art and style of designing buildings gets more competitive day by day.<\/p>\n

Although places like Miami, Paris, Rome, Singapore and Amsterdam are known for their brilliant architecture,\u00a0cities like Lagos, Cairo, Nairobi and Cape Town in Africa are doing really great and the continent has some architectural wonders you might not have heard about.<\/p>\n

Here we go!<\/p>\n

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Mausoleum of Agostinho Neto\u00a0(Luanda, Angola)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mausoleum of Agostinho Neto is an architectural monument and remains one of the wonders of Africa because of it rocket-like structure.<\/p>\n

Located in Luanda, the capital of Angola, it was built in honor of the first president of Angola, Agostinho Neto.<\/p>\n

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AU commission Conference Center and office complex (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tallest building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is the headquarters of the African Union and is 99.9 metres tall.<\/p>\n

This $200million structure was funded by the Chinese government and was inaugurated in 2012.<\/p>\n

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1201 Ocean View (Cape Town, South Africa)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Located in Cape Town, South Africa, 1201 Ocean View is a 15-storey skyscraper.<\/p>\n

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National Arts Theatre (Lagos, Nigeria)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The National Arts Theatre in Iganmu is indeed an architectural masterpiece, not just for its significance but also for the exterior design which is shaped like a military hat.<\/p>\n

Inaugurated by General Yakubu Gowon\u2019s in 1973 and completed in 1976, the 23,000 square meters wide and 31 metres tall cultural landmark was constructed for the preservation of Nigeria\u2019s arts and culture.<\/p>\n

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Alice Lane Towers (Johannesburg, South Africa)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alice-Lane Towers is a 17-storey double tower structure, made with low-energy glass and state of the art\u00a0glass-printing technology using curved and completely glazed fa\u00e7ade, constructed out of concrete, glass and aluminum.<\/p>\n

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Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This pyramid was the\u00a0tallest man-made structure\u00a0in the world for more than 3,800 years and is the oldest and largest of the three\u00a0pyramids\u00a0in the\u00a0Giza pyramid complex.<\/p>\n

The 146.7 metres tall pyramid is believed to have been built over a 10 to 20 year period around 2560 BC.<\/p>\n

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PSPF Commercial Towers (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)<\/strong><\/p>\n

PSPF Commercial Towers is one of the tallest buildings in Africa and the tallest in Tanzania. The 35 floor and 150.8 metres tall building was built in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nothing defines a place as much as its architecture. In Africa, like every other continent, the art and style of designing buildings gets more competitive day by day. Although places like Miami, Paris, Rome, Singapore and Amsterdam are known for their brilliant architecture,\u00a0cities like Lagos, Cairo, Nairobi and Cape Town in Africa are doing really… Continue reading 7 Architectural Wonders of Africa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":{"title":"7 Architectural Wonders of Africa","author":"Anonymous","excerpt":"Nothing defines a place as much as its architecture. In Africa, like every other continent, the art and style of design","featured_image":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-content\/uploads\/pyramid.jpg","read_duration":"5","publication_date":"2020\/07\/21"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":224,"href":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlyvn.com.ng\/afriland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}