African eco-architecture design showcases the continent's strength and creativity in tackling environmental issues. This ...

While the pyramids of Egypt are recognised around the world, much of Africa's architecture remains unknown - something architects Adil Dalbai and Livingstone Mukasa hope to change. They are part ...

and the Organization of African Unity (1963). Within this context, Modernist architecture emerged as a powerful symbol of national identity, ambition, and the collective aspiration for a brighter ...

As, one by one, the African nations gained their independence in the middle of the twentieth century, building programs were central to the process of nation-building. In several of those ...

Crisscrossing bamboo poles combine with woven raffia mats to form this pavilion built by architecture studio HTL Africa in ...

At first glance, the new international financial architecture would seem to have little relevance for Africa—it was built up in response to developments that took place far from Africa and whose ...

Few might be familiar with the specifics of Africa Hall's architecture outside of academic circles, field experts and locals. Yet the landmark in the heart of the capital of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia is ...

Freehaus has just completed its reimagining of a 1960s building in London's Southwark into the new home of The Africa Centre – an ‘embassy of optimism’ for pan-African culture. The established London ...

The Founder and Director of the Community Planning and Design Initiative Africa (CPDI), Ms. Nmadili Okwumabua, has emphasized the crucial role of Afrocentric architecture in addressing the urgent ...

Burkino Faso-born architect, Diébédo Francis Kéré, has become the first African to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize, which is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture.

With Columnar Disorder, an exhibition from Germane Barnes at Art Institute of Chicago revised classical architecture to tell ...