# Architecture at home in its community

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2013
- Speaker: Xavier Vilalta
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/xavier_vilalta_architecture_at_home_in_its_community)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When TED Fellow Xavier Vilalta was commissioned to create a multistory shopping mall in Addis Ababa, he panicked. Other centers represented everything he hated about contemporary architecture: wasteful, glass towers requiring tons of energy whose design had absolutely nothing to do with Africa. In this charming talk, Vilalta shows how he champions an alternative approach: to harness nature, reference design tradition and create beautiful, modern, iconic buildings fit for a community.

## Lectures

1. [Architecture at home in its community](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/xavier_vilalta_architecture_at_home_in_its_community/1fafe1596d52), 8 min (TED's player)