Lagos is the most populate city in Africa and represents a big deal for architects. City consists of 16 million inhabitants. Situated in the heart of Ikory, the most popular residential site of Nigeria, Lagos’s tower is the unique wooden structure which is designed to be a smart and sustainable building. Lagos’s tower rises above the town and follow the sky and search to cross the limit of wooden construction. The new landmark is composed of mixed residential type used.
Hermann Kamte is a young Cameroonian Architect, Chief Executive Officer and Founder at HKA | Hermann Kamte & Associates. He works as Creative Director. He recognized as a Young Talent of the Contemporary and African Architecture through major projects. One of which is ‘Lagos’s Wooden Tower | Abebe Court Tower, Lagos – Nigeria’ which enjoy series of international Awards and Famous Media coverage such as “The architectural Review” or “UK Financial Times”. Hermann Kamte is The Winner of several international awards including but not limited to American Prize of Architecture, Finalist of the World Architecture Festival 2017 and Winner (1st Prize Cultural Identity) of the Inaugural WAFX Prize, known as the world’s most forward-looking concept. He is exhibiting the research project “Lagos’s Wooden Tower” in London (UK) from 9th February to 19th May 2018 at Roca London Gallery under the theme: Timber Rising, as one of the new generation pioneering and innovative wooden Structure.. Hermann will be delivering a keynote talk at Architecture ZA 2018 organized by South African Institute of Architect in Pretoria from 3rd to 5th May 2018, under the Theme: “We The City: Memories and Resilience." Because A Better World Is Possible. HKA | Hermann Kamte & Associates is an award-winning Architectural firm based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Our projects are based in Africa; including Nigeria; Niger; Chad; and Cameroon. We provide services including architecture, Design, Urbanism, Landscape, Education, Research and Development.
HKA is a Young Cameroonian Architecture Firm. Founded and Led by Hermann Kamte, HKA works in the fields of architecture, Design, Urbanism, Landscape, Education, Research and Development. HKA believes that the process is fundamental and at the basic of each project because each one is unique.