Moderating the dialogue between the traditional and the modern in the search for a new architecture for Africa. By Francis Kéré Mr. Kéré is an architect. This personal reflection is part of a ...

In this article, we take a look at 10 countries with the best architecture in Africa. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of African architecture, you can directly go to 5 Countries ...

What African architecture can teach the world. Image source, Danko Stjepanovic. Article information. ... Image caption, The Museum of Artifice, built in a derelict arcade in Sharjah, ...

The first Pan-African Biennale of Architecture has been announced for 2026. In this interview, its inaugural curator, Omar Degan, explains his vision for the event. Set to take place in Nairobi ...

Or it’s been an African perspective with a Western influence,” said Stella Mutegi, a co-founder, with Kabage Karanja, of Cave_bureau, a nine-year-old architecture firm in Nairobi, Kenya.

Fractals are present not only in the urban planning of African indigenous architecture, but also in its building plans, art, fabrics, hairstyles, religious rites, children's games, and other ...

What to expect at the Pan-African architecture biennale in 2026. The event will be held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). It is 'a deeply symbolic site, built in the early years ...

The history of colonisation still stands tall across west African cities. Benin’s politicians pass laws in a French-built villa. Modernist architecture was brought to Ghana by British colonists ...

When Lesley Lokko was a young student in 1990s London, architecture was a place of openness and experimentation. And yet, she felt the discipline was incapable of thinking beyond European concepts ...

The dearth of literature on African architecture has long been a source of frustration for the continent’s design community. The last decade, however, has seen a gradual change, as young designers ...

Salt bricks and sweeping mud walls - as recently showcased by some African architects - may be the building blocks for innovative designs of the future. Such ideas were explored by Nigerian ...