Archinect

JANUARY 8, 2024

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum is set to open an exhibition on the modernist architectural style that emerged in 1940s West Africa.

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JUNE 1, 2022

The theme and title of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale have been announced as The Laboratory of the Future , vetting a decolonized vision of Africa as a petri dish for the hopes of the broader world to come. And what happens in Africa, happens to us all.”

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Archinect

DECEMBER 22, 2021

“Despite its vast size, sub-Saharan Africa has never been proportionately represented on Unesco’s world heritage list… Now, the first African to be made head of the world heritage centre has said that needs to change – and fast. “Africa is today on the frontline of the effect of climate change.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Named " The Laboratory of the Future ," this edition led by curator Lesley Lokko , has been the first to focus on Africa and its diaspora, exploring the “fluid and enmeshed culture of people of African descent that now straddles the globe,” in the words of the curator, with themes of decolonization and decarbonization.

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Archinect

JANUARY 19, 2023

MASK Architects has designed the world's first Eco-Tourism based BAOBAB Luxury Safari Resort in Africa which produces its own water autonomously by using ‘Air to Water technology’ energy powered by transparent solar device covered curtain glass.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 19, 2024

View of the old town of Khartoum, Sudan. Image © Sergey-73 via Shutterstock There is a burgeoning, perhaps overdue, interest in mid-twentieth-century African architecture of the Modern Movement.

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Archinect

JULY 14, 2022

“Instead of seeing it as a young, dynamic continent, Africa is still seen as a place that needs help,” the 2022 Pritzker Prize winner told Quartz in a recent interview. “If you close your eyes to what matters to your neighbor, then you’ll never really know them.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Image © Rawya Saeed Two museums in Africa built in the mid-twentieth century carry the name 'National Museum.' Both are also examples of fine architecture built on the principles of Modernism, a movement associated with nation-building in Africa. However, their inception and purpose followed very different paths.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 13, 2024

Image Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects Ethiopian Airlines Group has embarked on an new project to build Africa's largest airport in Abusera, south of Addis Ababa, to support the airline's rapid expansion.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

© A Lookbook Studio production; Photographer Elsa Young architects: Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design Location: Cape Town, South Africa Project Year: 2024 Photographs: A Lookbook Studio production; Photographer Elsa Young Area: 365.0 m2 Read more »

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Archinect

MAY 15, 2024

The overhaul of Arne Korsmo and Sverre Aasland’s original 1935 functionalist design evokes both the Tate Modern in London and Thomas Heatherwick ’s popular 2017 reimagining of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: Alan Williams Photography, image courtesy Kunstsilo.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 1, 2024

Courtesy of FDL, ADAGP 2014 | Le Corbusier in Chandigarh with the plan of the city and a model of the Modular Man, his universal system of proportion, 1951 The Victoria & Albert Museum is set to present an expansive exhibition focused on Tropical Modernism , an architectural movement that emerged in the late 1940s.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 4, 2024

Cathedral Bangui Notre Dame, famous church in Central African Republic. Image © mbrand85/Shutterstock Located in the city of Bangui , the capital of the Central African Republic, is the Notre Dame Cathedral. This large red brick church was built in the early 1900s in the French colonial style.

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Deezen

AUGUST 13, 2024

South Africa is set to host a new design week this October that will be split between Cape Town and Johannesburg to provide a platform for the cities' local design scenes. I don't see Design Week South Africa as an answer to this void, rather my hope is that it is a continuation of their good work and the growth generated," she added.

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Archinect

AUGUST 15, 2024

This year’s RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship winner will travel to Africa for a documentation of off-grid living communities in the hopes of establishing a new model of self-sustaining food, water, and energy systems.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 5, 2024

© Ray Truter Photography architects: SVA International Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Ray Truter Photography Area: 2900.0 m2 Read more »

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designboom

JUNE 15, 2023

The post undulating cultural center nestles along a granite ridge in south africa appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. carefully molded roof parapets by klg architects shape specific curvatures along the structure's crown.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Textured plaster intended to mimic nearby rocky outcrops coats the thick walls of Hytte Riverview, a house overlooking an estuary in South Africa by local studio KLG Architects. The post KLG Architects uses thick walls for coastal "sanctuary" in South Africa appeared first on Dezeen.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In 2021, the Google Research Africa team launched Open Buildings, an open-source dataset of building footprints across the Global South produced using AI and high-resolution satellite imagery. billion buildings over an area of 58 million km² in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2025

Crisscrossing bamboo poles combine with woven raffia mats to form this pavilion built by architecture studio HTL Africa in Lagos, Nigeria. We wanted to highlight bamboo scaffolding's quiet yet vital contribution to modern architecture," said architect James Inedu-George, founder and head of design at HTL Africa.

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ArchDaily

MAY 24, 2024

© Chris Allan architects: Bloc Architects Location: Dolphin Coast, South Africa Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Chris Allan Area: 400.0 m2 Read more »

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2024

There are complex challenges to stimulating the design scene in the most unequal country in the world, the founder of Design Week South Africa Margot Molyneux tells Dezeen in this interview. Above: Margot Molyneux has launched Design Week South Africa. What would they do without that employment?"

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ArchDaily

MARCH 4, 2024

© Grant Pitcher architects: Metropole Architects Location: Simbithi Eco Estate, 4399, South Africa Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Grant Pitcher Photographs: Mo Heine Area: 750.0 m2 Read more »

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 22, 2025

Completed in 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. Images by Karl Rogers. The Cape Flats Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) plant is a pioneering response to Cape Town's water crisis, offering a sustainable solution to.

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designboom

JANUARY 31, 2024

The post parabolic balconies sprout from sanjay puri’s ‘forest’ workplace in central africa appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the cascading balconies of the verical development project mimic the dense canopy of an african forest.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Courtesy of City of Cape Town architects: Lorenzo Nassimbeni Conceptual Architect Location: Cape Town, South Africa Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Courtesy of City of Cape Town Photographs: Southland Photography Area: 70.0 m2 Read more

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The Architect's Newsletter

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The world was a very different place when Africa Hall opened its doors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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ArchDaily

MAY 7, 2024

Today, China leads the way, joined by urban centers in the global south , such as cities in West Africa , East Asia , and the Middle East. As technology has advanced, this practice has become more widespread.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

In 2024 alone, urban areas worldwide experienced devastating climate impacts: flooding displaced millions in Africa , droughts crippled urban economies in South America, and storms caused widespread destruction in North America and Europe. The outcomes of COP29 directly affect urban planning, architecture, and sustainability efforts.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 30, 2024

The modern and futuristic architecture of Sub-Saharan Africa reflects the aspirations and progressive spirit that dominated the early years of independence for many countries in this region between the late 1950s and early 1960s. Kenyatta International Conference Centre. Shutterstock Image.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 2, 2023

ACE/ACP, Olalekan Jeyifous.

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ArchDaily

JULY 1, 2024

Loewenson’s project, “Black Papers: Beyond the Politics of Land, Towards African Policies of Earth & Air,” explores the social and spatial dynamics in modern Africa. The prestigious $100,000 grant is dedicated to supporting innovative research in contemporary architecture with a global perspective. Read more »

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designboom

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The post green patios pierce kéré architecture’s masterplan for cultural center in notsè, west africa appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the masterplan stems from the remnants of the historic wall that encircled notsè -- the ancient capital of the ewé kingdom -- and the agbogbodzi sanctuary.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

It is a prominent colonial city in West Africa , known for its blend of Mediterranean architecture with a tropical climate. Saint-Louis was founded by the French Colony in 1659 as its first trading post on the Atlantic coast of Africa. It later became the capital of French West Africa (AOF) and Senegal.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Completed in 2024 in South Africa. Images by Perfect Hideaways. Nestled in the open spaces of the Overstrand and surrounded by the Protea Fynbos, this serene home is part of the Romansbaai Collection. With a focus.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Dean Jorgesen architects: Paul Elliott Architects Location: Botrivier, Western Cape, South Africa Project Year: 2025 Photographs: Dean Jorgesen Area: 90.0 m2 Read more

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JANUARY 17, 2024

As the curator of the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, she has shifted the focus to Africa and its diaspora, exploring the complex themes of decolonization and decarbonization. For all her contributions to the profession, Lesley Lokko will be formally presented with the medal in May 2024 by Muyiwa Oki , RIBA’s first black president.

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