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Cave_bureau, founded and directed by Kabage Karanja and Stella Mutegi, is a Nairobi-based bureau of architects and researchers charting explorations of architecture and urbanism within nature. Their work addresses the anthropological and geological context of the postcolonial African city, explored through drawing, storytelling, construction, and the curation of performative events of resistance. By conducting playful and intensive research studies of caves in Nairobi and around the world, they aim to navigate a return to the curiosity of our early ancestors while confronting the challenges of contemporary rural and urban living. Past exhibitions include the Architect’s Studio exhibition at the Louisiana Museum 2023; The 18th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice 2023; The 17th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice 2021, which received a Special Mention for the installation titled “Obsidian Rain”; The World Around Summit, Guggenheim Museum, 2021; Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, 2019-20; and the London Festival of Architecture 2018.