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a building made out of red bricks in the middle of an empty desert area with people standing around it

Image 18 of 18 from gallery of How a Return to Vernacular Architecture Can Benefit the People of Mali's Dogon Region. Primary School Tanouan Ibi. Image Courtesy of LEVS Architecten

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a man laying on the ground in front of a building

Mali: An Architecture of Earth. Driving from the Dogon country to Bamako, which took us several days, we passed through the towns of Mopti, Djenne, and Segou where we saw stunning examples of Sudano-Sahelian architecture, mostly adobe brick mosques with elaborate mud turrets. These mosques, or more exactly the original ones, were built at the

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an artisticly designed clay structure with geometric designs on the walls and around it is dirt

The cities of Tiebele and Oualata are home to stunning displays of Sahelian architecture with specific ornaments ( in both cases, they are made by women of the communities) from each culture. The …

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several people sitting on the ground in front of a sand castle with an umbrella over their heads

A man standing in front of the village mosque in San Village, Mali. 📷[This photograph was taken by Eliot Elisoon from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971] Sahelian architecture in Mali is characterized by earthen construction techniques, such as adobe and mud-brick, due to the region’s abundance of clay-rich soil. These structures often feature flat or slightly sloped rooftops to mitigate the effects of the hot climate, along with intricate decorative elements like geometric patterns and…

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