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CNN – January 2021
The transformative buildings set to shape the world in 2021
WALLPAPER MAGAZINE | FEBRUARY 2021
Introducing the February Issue: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021
CNN – October 2020
NLÉ’s Floating Music Hub in Cape Verde is one of Africa’s most anticipated architecture projects – CNN
NLÉ WINS WORLD IN 2050 CHALLENGE
The World in 2050 Challenge recognizes the best startups, research, inventions, and organizations tackling the world’s most intractable challenges in seven categories. Each of the seven clusters represent a major trend that will be transformative for our long-term future. Nominations are accepted on a rolling basis and winners are announced quarterly. Applications are also reviewed… Continue reading NLÉ WINS WORLD IN 2050 CHALLENGE
INHABITAT | JULY 2020
nternational design practice NLÉ has unveiled its designs for the MFS IV, a prefabricated Floating Music Hub for the port city of Mindelo in Cape Verde. Developed as the fourth prototype of the firm’s Makoko Floating System, the project is the first in the series to be built in the Atlantic Ocean. The prefabricated floating… Continue reading INHABITAT | JULY 2020
VIRTUAL DESIGN FESTIVAL | APRIL 2020
Our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with The World Around for Earth Day kicks off with a series of conversations with designers including Nelly Ben Hayoun and Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi.
WALLPAPER | AUGUST 2020
NLÉ and Kunlé Adeyemi have designed the prefabricated floating music hub currently in construction off the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde
NEW ATLAS | JULY 2020
Floating music venue will celebrate African culture: Longtime readers may remember NLÉ’s floating school, which was completed in 2013. The firm, led by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi, is now working on another floating architecture project with a very similar design that will serve as a music and cultural venue.
ARCHDAILY | JUNE 2020
Black Rhino Academy is a primary and secondary international boarding school conceived as an immersive environment for learning from nature. Situated on a very hilly site just outside Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority and the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, the school is surrounded by rich natural vegetation and abundant wildlife. Save this picture!