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• ‘We don’t need air con’: how Burkina Faso builds schools that stay cool in 40C heat

  29-02-2024 13:43
  
  Architects use local materials and merge traditional techniques with modern technology to make schools and orphanages cool, welcoming placesIf architects are people who like to think their way around challenges, building schools in Burkina Faso must be the dream job. The challenges, after all, are legion: scorching temperatures in the high seasons, limited funds, materials, electricity and water, and clients who are vulnerable and young. How do you keep a building cool under a baking sun when th
  
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• Long-buried Atlas statue raised to guard Temple of Zeus in Sicily once more

  29-02-2024 13:32
  
  Eight-metre statue dating from fifth century BC restored and assembled piece-by-piece to be displayed in Valley of the TemplesA colossal statue of Atlas that lay buried for centuries among ancient ruins has been reconstructed to take its rightful place among the Greek temples of Agrigento in Sicily, after a 20-year research and restoration project.The statue, standing at eight metres (26ft) tall and dating back to the fifth century BC, was one of nearly 38 that adorned the Temple of Zeus, consid
  
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