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20: 78: 112: 337: 166:, a black architect and known SWAPO leader, knowing that this partnership would cost him numerous contracts from the state and from private individuals. 119:. He received recognition of his "innovative design of public places", and as a "standard setter on the Namibian architectural landscape". His colleague 120: 352: 342: 97: 24: 322: 127:
long before the concept had been coined". In 2010 he received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Namibian Chamber of Architects.
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During his career McNamara he contributed to about 1,170 architectural designs, the best known of which were the
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Engineering campus in central Windhoek. All buildings on this campus were designed by Kerry McNamara Architects
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shortly thereafter. His first architectural project was the Technical High School in
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occupation of South-West Africa and supporting the then-oppressed
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described him as a "visionary architect who practised
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Namibia University of Science and Technology
Kuruman
Swakopmund
architect
Apartheid
Kuruman
Northern Cape
South Africa
University of Cape Town
South-West Africa
Ongwediva
Ongwediva Training College
Oshakati
Namibia University of Science and Technology
Hoba meteorite
Grootfontein
Rössing Foundation
Windhoek
Natanael Araseb
urban design
anti-apartheid activist
UN Security Council Resolution 435
Independence of Namibia
White minority rule
The Namibian
South African
SWAPO party
Niko Bessinger
cancer

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