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- Africa_Hall floorArea "205000.0".
- Africa_Hall abstract "Africa Hall is the permanent headquarters of UNECA, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The structure, built in the span of only 18 months, was completed in February 1961. It covers an overall area of 75,000 m2, with a usable area of 13,800 m2, consisting of 3,600 m2 of conference halls, 5,500 m2 of offices and 4,700 m2 of general facilities. Its main characteristic is represented by the “continuous spaces” of the internal layout. Ten years later, in 1971, work was commenced on a project funded by the United Nations to extend the structure, which was completed in 1975. It consists of a block of 800 new offices, a 6-storey building to house the huge library and other buildings for general facilities. This extension work added a further 130,000 m2.Along with the Addis Ababa City Hall, Africa Hall was one of the two projects designed to demonstrate, in the words of Emperor Haile Selassie, “that it is possible to construct grand buildings here too [in Ethiopia], by erecting a couple of high-profile structures. It is not their complexity or size that matter, but the maximum possible use of home-produced materials, in order to shake our wealthy middle class (which keeps its money under the mattress) from the inactivity that also binds it in the field of construction, and stimulate it to invest its assets also in building to make this ‘great village’ a city and a true great capital”.It was here, in this conference center, that the African Union's predecessor, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) was founded on 25 May 1963. Also in this building is Afewerk Tekle's most famous work, Total Liberation of Africa, a 150 m2 stained glass triptych. The work depicts images symbolizing African nations uniting to tackle poverty and disease. Also designed by Afework Tekle are the geometric design surrounding the central window, reminiscent of patterns of traditional shema clothing, which was added after the original design of the building to commemorate a construction worker that died during its construction.".
- Africa_Hall architect Arturo_Mezzedimi.
- Africa_Hall architecturalStyle Modernism.
- Africa_Hall country Ethiopia.
- Africa_Hall floorArea "205000.0".
- Africa_Hall location Addis_Ababa.
- Africa_Hall location Ethiopia.
- Africa_Hall tenant United_Nations_Economic_Commission_for_Africa.
- Africa_Hall thumbnail African_Hall_Addis_Abeba.jpg?width=300.
- Africa_Hall type Convention_center.
- Africa_Hall type Office.
- Africa_Hall wikiPageExternalLink home.swf.
- Africa_Hall wikiPageExternalLink www.uneca.org.
- Africa_Hall wikiPageID "40328138".
- Africa_Hall wikiPageRevisionID "581066339".
- Africa_Hall architect Arturo_Mezzedimi.
- Africa_Hall architecturalStyle Modernism.
- Africa_Hall buildingType Convention_center.
- Africa_Hall buildingType Office.
- Africa_Hall caption "View of the 1975 addition.".
- Africa_Hall client Government_of_Ethiopia.
- Africa_Hall completionDate "February 1961".
- Africa_Hall currentTenants United_Nations_Economic_Commission_for_Africa.
- Africa_Hall elevationFt "7726".
- Africa_Hall floorArea "205000.0".
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- Africa_Hall location Addis_Ababa.
- Africa_Hall location Ethiopia.
- Africa_Hall locationCountry "Ethiopia".
- Africa_Hall mainContractor "Varnero Construction plc".
- Africa_Hall name "Africa Hall".
- Africa_Hall startDate "August 1959".
- Africa_Hall topFloor "7".
- Africa_Hall subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Addis_Ababa.
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- Africa_Hall type Building.
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- Africa_Hall comment "Africa Hall is the permanent headquarters of UNECA, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The structure, built in the span of only 18 months, was completed in February 1961. It covers an overall area of 75,000 m2, with a usable area of 13,800 m2, consisting of 3,600 m2 of conference halls, 5,500 m2 of offices and 4,700 m2 of general facilities. Its main characteristic is represented by the “continuous spaces” of the internal layout.".
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- Africa_Hall name "Africa Hall".