Design Genre Renews Call for Sustainable Building Designs

Design Genre Limited, a leading architectural, planning, urban and interior design firm in Nigeria, has reiterated the importance of adopting a sustainable and environment-friendly design in Nigeria towards reducing the negative impact of buildings on the environment in the various emerging towns and cities across the country.

The Managing Director of Design Genre Limited, Mr. Anthony Okoye, in a statement, advised that: “We need to think about evolving sustainable architecture designs through efficiency and moderation in the use of materials, energy, and our development spaces.

“This is germane to aligning to the global quest for a safer city so that we will not compromise a safer living and eco-friendly environment.”

The statement noted that Okoye stated this during the prize presentation to winners of the Architecture Students’ Award at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

The award is an endowment by the company to raise an array of future Architects who will adopt the idea of sustainable designs that suits the lifestyle of a truly modern and safer city.

The 2019 edition, the 4th in the series, produced the duo of Miss Adeola Oderinde and Mr. Bidemi Ariyo both MSC 1 students of the institution who emerged first prize winners in a highly charged race which featured five teams pitching their creative ideas to a panel of judges, which included lecturers and practicing professionals in the field of Architecture.