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 ...

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. If ...

The Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC) opened in 1973 in the heart of Nairobi, a decade after Kenya achieved independence from the British. It’s named after Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s first ...

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 ...

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 ...

MILAN — One of Africa’s most recognizable female faces in the field of architecture, Olajumoke Adenowo, said making it to the top wasn’t easy in Nigeria‘s patriarchal society. “I have had to work ...

Clay, light and new paths: With the new Goethe-Institut building in Dakar, Francis Kéré has created a building that combines tradition and modernity. Contemporary African architecture is at the center ...

2025 Creatives For Our Future - AllSpace Modular Home. Image Courtesy of Swarovski Foundation In response to the need to improve living conditions for displaced communities, AllSpace modular housing ...

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 ...

The A3 – Archnet Collaborative for Documentation of Africa’s built heritage is elated to announce the first West < > Africa Architecture Biennale scheduled to hold from 20 February – 31 July, 2022.