Companies from Sweden and Czechia have teamed up with the Nigerian government to offer houses built partly from rice straw.

Cannady Hall for Architecture, which Rice University ... with cutting-edge facilities. Courtesy of Rice University The new building will serve as a space for fabrication, research and exhibitions.

Rice, a private university, did not publicly disclose Cannady's gift or the overall building cost. The project involved a renovation of MD Anderson Hall, with architecture practice Kwong Von ...