2024-12-03T13:45:27-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150164665/the-emerging-female-architects-of-east-africa Hannah Wood 2019-10-16T13:09:00-04:00 >2022-03-02T19:13:51-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e7/e7c46ff341f93225976c1442b73b501b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The East Africa region&mdash;which includes the countries of Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda&mdash;is currently in the middle of a construction boom that is transforming the region&rsquo;s built environment. According to Deloitte&rsquo;s 2018 <a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/za/en/pages/energy-and-resources/articles/africa-construction-trends-report.html" target="_blank">African Construction Report</a>, the total number of building projects in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/13325/africa" target="_blank">East Africa</a> rocketed up by 96-percent between 2017 and 2018, with a substantial increase of 167-percent in the total value of projects. The report also notes that China is directly funding 25.9-percent of the construction projects in the region, far outweighing investment from the various East African governments, which valued at 12.9-percent. How will this new wave of fast-paced development reshape the landscape of East African countries in the decades to come?&nbsp;</p> <p>Since last November I have been living and working in southern Tanzania on a construction research project that looks into the effect of housing on family health. During...</p>