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Nifidi and Malik Mixed Use Developments

Location
Khartoum

Country
Sudan

Construction

Project Status
Built

Building Type
Commercial center

Notes

"The staggered façades of the Malik building still maintain a distinctive presence in the center of the city. The formal response to the urban scale and orientation has created a visual language that is highly relevant and outstanding. Brick panel and beams of the Nifdi building as well as the horizontal timber panels on the balconies became fixed features in many Khartoum buildings for many years. These types of apartment blocks, with rentable shop space at the bottom, came into appearance in the 60s and 70s [...] in Khartoum."

(Osman, Omer S., Amira O. S. Osman and Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin. "Architecture in Sudan: The Post-Independence Era (1956-1970)." In Modern and Sustainable, Docomomo Journal 44, 2011/1. p. 80.)

Sources

Docomomo n 44 - 2011/1, p.79

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Malik Building, West Elevation

Source: Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin

Malik Building, West Elevation

Source: Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin

Nifidi Building, Part Elevation

Source: Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin