Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda: Kigali City Wins Habitat Award

October 7, 2008 - 01:45 — AA Network

Rwanda: Kigali City Wins Habitat Award - Rwandans and especially Kigalians have more reason to celebrate as Kigali City will today be granted what is currently the most prestigious human settlements accolade in the world - the Habitat Scroll of Honor award. [AA Urbanisation]

Rwanda: $5 Million for Hotel Des Mille Collines Works

October 7, 2008 - 00:43 — AA Network

Rwanda: $5 Million for Hotel Des Mille Collines Works - Hôtel des Mille Collines, a renowned hotel in the Hotel Rwanda Movie has earmarked $5million for renovation of the hotel facilities and outlook. [AA Construction]

Rwanda 2008-09-21 : Termites Slowing $ 0.8 Million Stadium Renovation

September 21, 2008 - 13:35 — AA Network
Rwanda: Termites Slowing $ 0.8 Million Stadium Renovation - Information reaching Times Sport reveals that termites have played a big role in the renovation delays of the Amahoro stadium which will host next year's U-20 African youth championship set for January 18-February 1 in Kigali. [AA Urbanisation]

PETER RICH TO DESIGN RWANDA'S PRESIDENTIAL PRECINCT

Click to read the article in the Sunday Times.


"A South African architect has scooped the contract to design a “White House” for Rwanda, which will be home to President Paul Kagame and all future heads of state.

Veteran architect Peter Rich, 63, got the job of designing the state house in the capital of Kigali last week on the strength of his revolutionary design for the new museum at the Mapungubwe world heritage site in Limpopo.

Challenged with a building so iconic that it is likely to appear on future Rwandan bank notes, Rich said Kagame had agreed to a design which could make the state house the first completely eco-friendly executive building in the world.

“It’s an incredible honour. I feel like (architecture legend) Louis Khan, when he was asked to design the Bangladesh parliament,” said Rich. " - The Times, 15 September 2008

Read the full report in the Sunday Times. Click Here!

Rwanda 2008-09-10 : Two Synthetic Stadiums to Be Ready By January

September 10, 2008 - 17:37 — AA Network
Rwanda: Two Synthetic Stadiums to Be Ready By January - As several stadiums have come under heavy public heavy criticism, the Ministry of Sports and Culture is set to start construction of two synthetic stadiums ahead of the 16th edition of the Africa U-20 Youth Championship scheduled for next year in Kigali. [AA Construction]

Rwanda: Ministry to Set Strict Building Guidelines

August 30, 2008 - 15:40 — AA Editor
Rwanda: Ministry to Set Strict Building Guidelines - The Ministry of Infrastructure has liaised with the British Standards Institution (BSI) to help them in developing proper construction standards and codes to guide the construction practice in Rwanda. [AA Construction]

Rwanda: Demolitions - is Anyone Thinking of Social Consequences?

July 30, 2008 - 00:19 — AA Network
Rwanda: Demolitions - is Anyone Thinking of Social Consequences? - Kigali City Council has been demolishing slum houses and shacks in Rugenge, the area popularly called Kiyovu cy'Abakene. The bulldozers, with policemen standing on guard, have been flattening the shacks, some of them still with tenants in them. [AA Urbanisation]

Rwanda: Kiyovu Residents Decry Demolitions

July 30, 2008 - 00:18 — AA Network
Rwanda: Kiyovu Residents Decry Demolitions - The Kigali City Council last week demolished houses in Kiyovu after residents had been evicted. The affected families, however, claim they have not been treated correctly. "The houses were dilapidated because of running water, which is why we built Batsinda housing estate and relocated the residents of Ubumwe cell there." [AA Urbanisation]

Rwanda: Govt Institutions Dispute Belgian Firm's Shoddy Construction Work

July 18, 2008 - 15:19 — AA Network


Elastic house help

The Pirons did not show us inside the quarters for the house help, claiming that they did not have the keys.

But on a second visit, without the Pirons but with somebody who could show us these quarters, we found out that the house-help in any of the 52 houses is supposed to sleep in a space that is smaller than a dog kennel. So the poor man or woman will have to spend nights curled up like a fetus.

Rwanda 2008-04-28 : South Africa Firm to Renovate Nyamirambo Stadium

April 28, 2008 - 16:04 — AA Network
Rwanda/South Africa: SA Firm to Renovate Nyamirambo Stadium - A South African construction firm Ruacon has won the bid to renovate and upgrade Nyamirambo regional stadium, the Ministry of Culture and Sport (MISPOC) has confirmed. [AA Urbanisation]


Syndicate content