The inaugural Pan-African Architecture Biennale one-week event is scheduled to take place in Nairobi, Kenya, launching on ...

Lesley Lokko OBE has been recognized with the African Cultural Icon Award, honoring "leaders in the creative arts who promote ...

Professor Coleman A. Jordan teaches architecture at Morgan State University. For over two years, he has worked closely with students and alumni from the Baltimore HBCU, as well as from Tuskegee and ...

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 series ...

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 ...

Philipp Meuser wanted to find a comprehensive look at the architecture of West Africa. When it didn’t exist, he and Adil Dalbai designed their own. In 2014, Philipp Meuser was looking for information ...

History is often taught as if advanced architecture followed a single European arc—from classical stone temples to Roman engineering, from medieval cathedrals to modern cities—while Africa appears as ...

Growing up in rural West Africa, Diébédo Francis Kéré and his friends would build makeshift shelters from clay, tree branches, and leaves when they got caught in the rain away from home. Decades later ...

Itohan I. Osayimwese is the author of “Africa's Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage.” (Photo by Christian Scully / Design Imaging Studios) This is your first of three ...

The entrance is imposing and decorated with the flags of 14 French-speaking sub-Saharan states that co-founded and co-managed the institution. The large white and ochre building stands out from the ...

Algeria ranks fifth on our list of countries with the best architecture in Africa. The country is home to seven distinct UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Algerian architecture has been impacted by Islamic ...