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Nyayo House: Exterior · Nyayo House in Kenya which for a long time was used to detain political prisoners
1/2 · Exterior · Nyayo House in Kenya which for a long time was used to detain political prisonersPhoto: raidarmax · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
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Photo 1: Exterior · Nyayo House in Kenya which for a long time was used to detain political prisonersPhoto 2: Context · Nyayo House as seen from Uhuru Park

Civic · Late modernism

Nyayo House

Ngotho Architects, Ministry of Public Works · Nairobi, KE · 1983

Key features84 m government tower of 27 floors at Uhuru Highway and Kenyatta Avenue; built 1979-1983.

Architect
Ngotho Architects, Ministry of Public Works
Place
Nairobi, KE
Year
1983
Typology
Civic
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Africa
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