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Kenyan architecture in search of an identity to call its own

Shella in Lamu County. (PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI)

NAIROBI, KENYA: A week ago, architects in Kenya marked their 50th anniversary since the inception of their umbrella body, the Architectural Association of Kenya. 

The anniversary, was a moment of soul searching, coming at a time when the built environment has been beset by a myriad of problems and a crisis of identity.

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