African Heritage House
Building in Machakos county, Kenya / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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African Heritage House is a national monument[1] in Kenya, classified and gazetted under the National Museums and Heritage Act in 2016. Designed by Alan Donovan,[2] built to preserve forgotten architectural designs of the African continent. The house[3] is facing the Nairobi national park, and the public can visit the house for a tour, lunches, dinners, events, conferences, and overnight stays.
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African Heritage House | |
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National Monument | |
General information | |
Architectural style | Indigenous architecture |
Town or city | Mlolongo, Machakos county |
Country | Kenya |
Coordinates | 1°24′2.582″S 36°56′20.987″E |
Construction started | 1989 (1989) |
Inaugurated | 1994 |
Owner | Alan Donovan |
Website | |
https://africanheritagehouse.info |
The house inspiration depicts the towering mud of the Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali, the mud palaces of Morocco, Swahili architecture of the East African coast, Zanzibar and Lamu; and the traditional houses of Ghana and Burkina Faso.
The house[4] has thousands pieces of objects, collections of artworks, artefacts, antique, ceremonial costumes, weaponry, jewellery, textiles, brassware and traditional pottery.[5]