The architectural landscape of Africa is transforming as designers and builders embrace sustainable and eco-friendly ...

For some, Africa has an unfortunate reputation. Outdated stereotypes abound of poverty and people living in mud huts while wild animals walk through the dusty streets. While mud huts are certainly ...

while shedding light on the architects and movements that shaped this transformative era. As, one by one, the African nations gained their independence in the middle of the twentieth century ...

Over the past few years, Africa has been experiencing a significant shift toward sustainable architecture, with straw bale construction leading the way. This technique utilizes bales of straw as the ...

Though the renowned African mid-century modernism was certainly present in the years after Senegal's independence in 1960, this was mostly due to its popularity with practicing architects in the ...

Today, Sy's firm Architerre is at the forefront of eco-friendly architecture in West Africa. Through projects ranging from homes and medical centres to mosque renovations in Timbuktu, Sy ...

Mathews says his design honours the ‘spirit and honesty of brutalist construction methods,' and also prefers to link its form to a nonpartisan tradition of brutalist architecture in South Africa. His ...

CDD West Africa has named its first building after Kayode Fayemi, its founding director, in recognition of his visionary ...