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Women’s Centre in Rufisque / Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects

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Dakar Architecture City Guide: 10 Modern and Contemporary Works that Reflect the City's Evolving Identity

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A city that defies expectations, this is what many visitors often express about the Senegalese capital, Dakar. As Africa's most western port city, which gained independence from the French in 1960, Dakar is a regional hub for diversity and culture. While it's often described as an unexpectedly sleek and "modern" city, with its characteristic and sometimes colorful monolithic buildings, Dakar is in fact in constant development and each of its districts tends to reflect a different style and focus, depending on its inhabitants and the dominating functions.

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