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How do you design a 100-year home in Accra?

This thread distills 2+ years of learning

Full floor plans, material choices, and design decisions we made in pursuit of a beautiful, adaptable family home ❤️🏡#QHome (1/n) A living room with high pitched ceiling, warm white walls, aA Spanish style two storey brown brick home. A tree peeks ovBrown brick masonry surrounds the hidden entrance into the sA bedroom with white brick walls and timber skirting. A comf
If you like granular details, the full 13,000-word essay has lots that won't fit here

You can read it here quartey.com/writing/design…

Sorry it's so long. Goal was to create the comprehensive guide I wish my younger self had access to.

High level notes in thread below 👇🏿
Our home will be two storeys + basement

▸ designed by @Studio_Contra
▸ double wythe fired-clay brick, load bearing
▸ 339 sqm / 3,648 sqf interior
▸ 5 en-suite bds, study, gym, creative workshop
▸ 40k litre rainwater recycling, solar, pursuing IFC EDGE green certification
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