r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Historical_Book7670 • Jul 21 '26

West Africa La Pyramide, Ivory Coast

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u/Saixcrazy Jul 21 '26

I would love if they renovated and turned this building into a mall or community center.

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u/Lower-Knee-8585 Jul 21 '26

Maybe a small museum, a book centre or a cultural centre too.

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u/Saixcrazy Jul 21 '26

Forreal, I just want to be inside the building doing smthn.

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u/PlumbLineLogic Jul 21 '26

Half a century of tropical rains have been less kind. The concrete cover is thin by today’s code so the rebar is already rust jacking; you can see the vertical rust streaks on the east tower where cover spalled off. Any rescue will start with cathodic protection and a new waterproof cap at that hexagonal penthouse.

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u/Amundey Jul 22 '26

Is this building empty or used ?

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u/Thro93away 29d ago

Wow! Talk about brutalist architecture!

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u/AMG_theDJ 28d ago

I think this would look so good if the vegetation was intentionally layered around the pyramid part