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EntreArchitect Podcast with Mark R. LePageEA586: James Inedu-George - Transforming Nigeria and Beyond through the Visionary Architecture of HTL AfricaTransforming Nigeria and Beyond through the Visionary Architecture of HTL AfricaIn this episode, Mark sits down with James Inedu-George, the visionary architect behind HTL Africa, to discuss how transformative architecture can address pressing social challenges across Nigeria and beyond. From his roots in Zaria, Nigeria, to founding an internationally recognized practice, James has built a career around redefining urban spaces with culture, sustainability, and affordability at the forefront.They explore his innovative $10,000 sustainable housing model, designed to ease Nigeria’s housing crisis, as well as his pioneering work in adaptive reuse, such as converting a...2024-11-0847 min
Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design#91: A West African Perspective on Sustainable Architecture, with James Inedu-George (HTL Africa)James is founding partner of HTL Africa, a research-driven architectural firm dedicated to addressing the specific challenges of West African environments. He joined me to discuss what we can learn from traditional west African architecture and urbanism to apply to current challenges of climate change and housing shortages. Learn more about James and his projects: https://www.htlafrica.com/- - - https://greenurbanist.org/ Consulting: Book a Discovery Call to discuss your project Subscribe to the Green Urbanist Newsletter The Green Urbanist podcast is...2024-09-0251 min
The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie CichettiVisionary Architect James Inedu George from Nigeria James Inedu George, One of the most eminent and influential West African architects and designers of recent decades recognized for his innovative approach to solving complex urban challenges, and most famously his brilliance with space and design. He is the founding partner and Design Lead at HTL Africa Ltd, Tao South Africa, and HTL Asia Plus, which works on projects around the world and is widely considered “among the most significant in contemporary architecture.” Born and raised in Zaria, Nigeria, Jame’s passion for architecture blossomed under the influence of his vibrant hometown, known for its historical significance. His early career acco...2024-08-2125 min
The Gyaan ProjectEp. 299 - Architecture as a Citizen with James Inedu GeorgeWe're delving into the exciting yet complex world of African architecture, with a particular focus on Nigeria. We'll explore trends that hold valuable lessons for India, a nation grappling with similar challenges. Nigeria is experiencing rapid urbanization, with the urban population projected to reach over 200 million by 2050. A significant portion of this urban population lives in slums and informal settlements due to housing shortages. Many urban areas lack proper infrastructure like sanitation and water supply.We discuss all this from a Designer’s lens, I have James Inedu George with me on Audiogyan. James is one of...2024-07-2442 min
The Gyaan ProjectEp. 299 - Architecture as a Citizen with James Inedu GeorgeWe're delving into the exciting yet complex world of African architecture, with a particular focus on Nigeria. We'll explore trends that hold valuable lessons for India, a nation grappling with similar challenges. Nigeria is experiencing rapid urbanization, with the urban population projected to reach over 200 million by 2050. A significant portion of this urban population lives in slums and informal settlements due to housing shortages. Many urban areas lack proper infrastructure like sanitation and water supply.We discuss all this from a Designer’s lens, I have James Inedu George with me on Audiogyan. James is one of...2024-07-2442 min
An African conquering the WorldThe Laws of Traditional ArchitectureUniversal Laws create our traditional architecture and are essential for the architecture of today. The absolute expression of architecture is ubiquity2023-01-2016 min
An African conquering the WorldShaping our buildingsWhy did ancient Africans shape thing the way they did?2022-07-1512 min
An African conquering the WorldReframing the ArgumentCreating new basic assumptions to view our architecture heritage2022-06-1715 min
An African conquering the WorldSanta Barbara: The Museum CityWhat are museum cities?2022-06-1015 min
An African conquering the WorldModernismIs there an African Architecture?2022-05-2718 min
An African conquering the WorldOf Manifestos and VoyagesA discourse of three major manifestos and their manifestations in the world. It poses an important question: from where to we get the rules to read our architecture?2022-04-2215 min
An African conquering the WorldOn SustainabilityHas sustainability become a tool of war?2022-04-1517 min
An African conquering the WorldErasure 2Continuation of the last episode on erasure. Fuck Neufert.2022-04-0815 min
An African conquering the WorldErasure 1The wiping of our ability to think good architecture2022-04-0111 min
An African conquering the WorldOf BeautyDescription of beauty.2022-03-2517 min
An African conquering the WorldIncompletenessIt’s time to stop the childishness and start making architecture for our people2022-03-1822 min
An African conquering the WorldThe City 3The layers or lack of layers of our cities2022-03-1114 min
An African conquering the WorldThe City 2The tastelessness of our cities2022-03-0413 min
An African conquering the WorldThe African CityWhy are our cities without taste2022-02-2517 min
An African conquering the WorldCan Design be Transcended 2The conclusion with the team2022-02-1815 min
An African conquering the WorldCan design be TranscendedAn office discussion2022-02-1111 min
An African conquering the WorldNownessWe need to be here, now.2021-12-1712 min
An African conquering the WorldArchitecture Is Not ArtArchitecture never Art. Both are polar opposites of one another.2021-12-1020 min
An African conquering the WorldArchitecture not ArcheologyCollective action is needed in the world. Architecture must lead this drive with passion2021-12-0315 min
An African conquering the WorldWhat Future can we except?What are we missing?2021-11-2619 min
An African conquering the WorldSingapore: Urban and PoeticA story about the architecture of Singapore seen from the eyes of an African2021-11-1914 min
An African conquering the WorldUtilitarianismAre we neglecting the formation of a new architecture in rural Africa?2021-11-1211 min
An African conquering the WorldArchitecture of FearAgainst Tropical Modernism2021-11-0512 min
An African conquering the WorldOptimisationOptimisation and Compactness2021-10-2912 min
An African conquering the WorldThe Way we SeeWe need to realign our perspective on things so we can begin to appreciate our jewels2021-10-2213 min
An African conquering the WorldRotterdam to find ParthenonA trip to Rotterdam to find my personal Parthenon...2021-10-1513 min
An African conquering the WorldThe Problem of the HouseA short thesis on the 21st century urban African House2021-10-0812 min
An African conquering the WorldTravelling in FranceNew episode after a long hiatus. Talks of a travel experience to find Corbusiers Villa Stein at Garches in France.2021-10-0111 min
Studio 400 PodcastThe Come-Up Series: James Inedu-GeorgeJames George is a thinker, researcher, teacher, and architect. He studied architecture at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria before going on to become Head of Design at Design Union, Nigeria.Currently, he is the Head of Design of HTL where his immediate focus is on Innovative Sustainable Solutions and Future African Cities. He is a nominee for the prestigious Rolex Mentor & Protege Arts Initiative.His current interests revolve around the multi-layering of city space and how the infrastructure of the city can be invaded and interrupted with architecture. His ongoing series of lectures-: Towards A...2021-08-101h 02
Africa Design RadioMan and his musingsIn conversation with James Inedu-George, Architect and Thinker, on his latest book: Interruptions – A Compendium of 16 Essays, published in collaboration with the Cultural Intellectual Association - Lagos.2020-07-1827 min
Africa Design RadioPoetry Compendium from the Cultural Intellectual Association - LagosEnjoy this selection of contemporary poetry taken from the e-book - “Poetry Compendium 01” from the Cultural Intellectual Association - Lagos.
The episode features poetry recitals in English; Igbo, Yoruba and Ibibio indigenous languages of Nigeria.
Here's a list of the recitals in the listening order;
Broken Record by Alhanislam -
Tempest Treats by Razaq Ivori -
Weighed by James Inedu-George -
Crayfish by Anne Unyoaba Noah -
Quest by Alhanislam -
Hope-Full by Otor Mattew -
Same Sky by Donna Ogunnaike -
A bu m nwa nna m by Amarachi Attamah -
Jagunlabi by Jide Badmus -
Ufok k'oyommo by Iquo DianaAba...2020-07-0819 min
An African conquering the WorldArchitecture above JournalismWe are creators of world views. Let’s do that.2019-10-1702 minAn African conquering the WorldWhy is it thatAfter a long hiatus we have realised that the worlds problems can indeed be solved by architecture thinking. We have committed to take the lead2019-08-2903 minAn African conquering the WorldLanguage and ManifestoWe need to figure a way to make language from architecture2019-04-1804 minAn African conquering the WorldA messageArchitecture Must lead the way2019-03-1906 minAn African conquering the WorldA Language for Africa’s ArchitectureCan we find a language for our traditional architecture that encapsulates the spirit of being African? Is this possible? Will anyone dare collaborate to attempt it?2019-03-0404 minAn African conquering the WorldArchitecture and social ChangeWe believe that a new architecture is all that stands between humanity and environmental catastrophe in a period of political denialism2019-02-1804 minAn African conquering the WorldA new experimentation?Why don’t we experiment on the city anymore?2019-01-2902 minAn African conquering the WorldThe State and the City???States and politicians have lost power and prestige in our day and this has been mopped by the drivers of economics. So what will the city of our times be? A problem or a tool to solve problems? Happy New Year, we are back.2019-01-2308 minAn African conquering the WorldArchitecture cannot engage the problems of the world anymore?Lack of subtlety and nuance, the selfishness in focusing on only itself have led Architecture to a bend where it can no longer produce the visions from which policy and politics can take a cue. It is now a fancy object2018-12-1603 minAn African conquering the WorldWhy our method of design doesn’t produce modern masterpiecesOne part of the earth manipulates structure which is the core of the architecture itself in the other, structure seems to have been decided long before design starts and cannot be manipulated2018-12-0403 minAn African conquering the WorldThe architect is first a public intellectual that develops world viewsWe must make our work a creator of worlds and views and stop being reactionary2018-11-2603 minAn African conquering the WorldResponse to a colleague about the last podcastBeing called to the table is not imperialism is it?2018-11-1205 minAn African conquering the WorldWhat does it take to be called to the table of development?Prince Charles Visit to Nigeria and Ghana opens up some questions about Nigerian Architects and architecture in general.2018-11-0905 minAn African conquering the WorldA compromise?Has the Surrender of the plan to make the forms of big buildings been with it?2018-10-3003 minAn African conquering the WorldThe search for first principles2018-10-2203 minAn African conquering the WorldDemands from your architect2018-10-0802 minAn African conquering the WorldWe need a new architectureIn a century of Hybrids we need a new architecture2018-10-0304 minAn African conquering the WorldRethinking the base assumptions of Africa’s Traditional archThe base assumptions by which our traditional architecture had been judged have been wrong.2018-09-3003 minAn African conquering the WorldA new manifesto for architecture2018-09-2604 minAn African conquering the WorldModernism Truncated2018-09-0503 minAn African conquering the WorldEpisode 17We must take our destiny into our hands to avoid our worst being repacked for us and touted as the solutions to our problems as HKS Architects have done in Uganda2018-08-2301 minAn African conquering the WorldEpisode 16Buildings must become Citizens2018-08-1902 minAn African conquering the WorldThe issue with our dear AfricaAn African Rant. The problem of Africa is our impatience2018-08-1003 minAn African conquering the WorldA new African ArchitectureAfrica is the ground Zero of globalisation and we can create a new architecture with the objects it has left in its wake. This is a great time for the world2018-08-0303 minAn African conquering the WorldThe nostalgic onesThose who believe that we are frozen in time and shouldn’t invent any new things and that technology is a crutch for remembering the past instead of a vehicle for forward movement2018-07-3003 minAn African conquering the WorldThe skyscraper typology is threadbareWe need to reconsider how we use architecture typologies and start to create new determinants from untapped traditional architecture sources to boost the typological pantheon of architecture2018-07-2403 minAn African conquering the WorldAgainst the fame monstersWe want to create an architecture and a new city from the beautiful Technologies being created today like the hyperloop2018-07-2203 minAn African conquering the WorldA call for the gritty intellectualEducation is failing. We need a new school. Computer forms are interesting but not connected to the problems on ground. What do we do?2018-07-1803 minAn African conquering the WorldCalling for help to start to rewrite the global Archi scriptPoMo left Architecture in tatters especially because all that it did was revolt for revolt sake. The need to define freedom as an absence of rules can be traced straight back to the days terroristic regime. Yes, PoMo is the harbinger of ISIS. But we can change all that now. Join me. Let’s change the world2018-07-1303 minAn African conquering the WorldArchitecture and PhilosophyArchitecture will generate its own philosophy if done right and not the other way around. The hyper analysis of things always ends up leading to an exclusionary kind of intellectualism as against the gritty intellectualism that is architecture thinking2018-07-0802 minAn African conquering the WorldWho or what killed western Architecture?How did Architecture become artefact? How did it become an activity that can only be sparingly participated in? Can African Traditional Architecture provide the fodder for new global thought in Architecture?2018-07-0602 minAn African conquering the WorldWestern Architecture is deadWestern Architecture is dead2018-07-0500 minAn African conquering the WorldArchitecture engaging the digital ageWhat does the equation architecture+digital age technology result in?2018-07-0202 minAn African conquering the WorldAgainst the Redefiners of thingsFirst they take its name, then they create useless data to swell the importance of non existent things. To rename is not innovative. A ramp will be a ramp and not a fold...2018-06-2402 minAn African conquering the WorldThe Architecture Icon and the Market EconomyArchitects must understand how the market flows of capital occur but architecture should not be a result of its ups and downs. In the boom of the 1920s, Architects who had less power were able to still create greatness regardless of the behaviour of the market. We must emulate them.2018-06-2002 minAn African conquering the WorldThe reason for an architecture avant-gardeWhy do we need architecture to be alive?2018-06-1502 minAn African conquering the WorldDistress CallA call for a new architecture after the sham of the 2018 Venice Bienalle2018-06-1401 min