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Hmm, I'm living in Africa at the moment and can attest to its architecture being visually more inspiring than this boring featureless lump of a building. I do like Adjaye but this is just terrible. Not to mention that the ornamented façade looks brutal hanging over the deck in the last image.
And where are the typical African materials and textures they use so much here? Timber and glazed skin? Really?
Long cantilevers to keep direct sunlight out, check. Perforated membrane to allow ventilation, check. Concrete surface for high thermal mass, check. Personality and contextuality, erm...

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