Nigerian Comtempoary Architecture-BOI

The Bank Of Industry's Buiding at Abuja is another interesting Structure and it was designed by Seun Oduwole of Brown inQ. 

Sky Scraper City Has This To say which I've modified by eliminating future tenses with present tense since the Building is now Finished:

The building concept was inspired by the shape and dynamism of an eye. Visibility

and vertical connectivity were integral to the idea. a desire to depart from the traditional office configuration of masses of segregated spaces, bad lighting and poor space planning.

The elliptical shape of our floor plan allows the office space to revolve around a very

generous central atrium. The glazed atriumacts as a focus internally for the building & plays a large part in the environmentalstrategy of the building.

Internally, the range, depth and quality of the finishes reflects the identity and integrity of the organisation and meets the aspirations of the client.

 The building has become a statement of Bank of Industry’s position as one of the leading corporate organisations in Nigeria.

Designed by Seun Oduwole of Brown inQ, construction was executed by local firm SDP. 

The building has been standing since June, 2009.

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Nigerian Contemporary Architecture-GT Banks

Anyone who has seen the 'Wonderfulness' of any GT Bank Branches in Nigeria, will JUST have to look again the second time-no matter how much the person claims to hate Architecture.

Am not am exception (I am A Lover of Architecture tho'), but I find myself still looking at the GT Bank branch Building that is closest to my house and still end up finding it as interesting g as the first time I saw it.

It's quite interesting when Architects start to think 'outside the Box'. It's seems the GT Bank Group have just made the design of 'Crazy' Structures as part of their branding.

I'd have loved to know the Architect for the Bank, but when I did my lil research, I found out that it's actually different Archie Companies that take charge of different bank-branch project,and they still come up with the same crazy designs!

Some of the GT Bank Architects include:

-Temidayo David Ogunremi

-Formwork Limited

-Nicolas Tye Architects (foreign Architects)

-Oladapo Abejirine 

-3D World Consultants

-James George

GT Bank, Lawanson Branch

To me, the Lawanson Branch seems to make the most Promulgated of all the GT Bank designs. Sky Scaper City has this to say:

"Architecture has the potential to do much more than just delineate

spaces for human activities, in truth; architecture can create

excitement and bring new energy to a community. That much did the

design sleuthe find out while chatting with James George on his self

styled ‘twist cube’ design for the Guaranty Trust Bank branch in

Lawanson, Surulere, Lagos; which has since completion become a head

turning spectacle in the ever bustling neighbourhood. It is not

always that you encounter a building that makes you look again,

especially in the seediest parts of Lagos, James George tells us why

and how he set out to do what he did with the building."

More Kudos, however, should be given to the Nigerian Architect who came up with the Brand design. 

Tis not only GT Bank tho', that has such crazy structures, a lot of the Buildings on the islands, mainlands, Abuja and other parts of the Country still got some interesting Buildings.

More coming your way soon.

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