Initially, only a few major financial and commercial hubs, like Cairo, Johannesburg, Lagos, and Nairobi, had prominent skylines. However, since the 2000s, skyscrapers have been rising in many other ...

Błażej Pindor via Wikimedia Commons under CC by-SA 3.0 Unported license This article inaugurates a new series titled Rediscovering Modernism in Africa, aiming to explore the architectural legacy ...

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 ...

Once an emblematic landmark of traditional west African architecture, Dakar's fondly remembered Sandaga market can now only be marvelled at through old photographs. Sandaga is just one of the many ...

Princess Adedoyin Talabi Faniyi of the Osun Sacred Grove in Osogbo, Nigeria and landscape architect Tarna Klitzner based in ...

This course will examine the complexities and possibilities of African architectural expression and its relationship to the project of “Modern Architecture.” The course will focus on selective West ...

The London architecture studio led by co-founders Jonathan Hagos and Tom Bell won the competition for the new location's design in 2019. Fast forward three years and one pandemic, and the new Africa ...

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