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TWO PIONEERING GIRLS’ SCHOOLS IN AFGHANISTAN MERGE VERNACULAR CONSTRUCTION AND NORTHWEST ARCHITECTURAL KNOW-HOW—AND BLAZE A NEW TRAIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND FEMALE EMPOWERMENT. Written by KAITY TEER : Portrait by ANDREW VANASSE Project photography by NIC LEHOUX
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Structural engineer Solaiman Salahi, architect Dave Miller, and Ginna Brelsford, executive director of the Sahar Education foundation, in the University of Washington’s Department of Architecture graduate studio. OPPOSITE: Schoolgirls gather in the north courtyard of the Gohar Khatoon Girls’ School, opened in 2015 in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. »
