As reported by Nigerian news website NAIJ.com, the celebrated Makoko Floating School, designed by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi of NLÉ, has collapsed after heavy rain battered the city of Lagos. Photographs show the roof of the school still largely in tact, but sitting directly on top of the building's floating base of 256 plastic drums, as the lower levels and supporting structure appear to have failed completely.

via NAIJ.com

As reported by Nigerian news website NAIJ.com, the celebrated Makoko Floating School, designed by Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi of NLÉ, has collapsed after heavy rain battered the city of Lagos. Photographs show the roof of the school still largely in tact, but sitting directly on top of the building's floating base of 256 plastic drums, as the lower levels and supporting structure appear to have failed completely.This article has since been updated (June 8 2016) with a statement from NLÉ.Details of the event remain unclear. It's unknown how exactly the rain caused the collapse but it has been confirmed by NLÉ (June 8 2016) that there have been no casualties. The structure was designed to accommodate 100 pupils and their teachers in a poor neighborhood which is partly built on stilts above Lagos Lagoon.In any case, the building's collapse has dealt a blow to NLÉ and the entire profession of architecture. Just over a week ago, NLÉ received the Silver Lion at the 2016 Venice Biennale for their exhibition based on...