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  • Aerial view of the Okana Centre for Change in Kenya, by Laura Katharina Straehle and Ellen Rouwendal

    Okana Centre for Change is a bamboo centre for a rural Kenyan community

    TU Delft students Laura Katharina Strähle and Ellen Rouwendal designed this community centre in the rural community of Okana, close to Lake Victoria in Kenya, which was named Small Building of the Year at Dezeen Awards. More

    Jon Astbury | 29 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Circleg recycled plastic prosthetic leg

    Project Circleg uses recycled plastic to build low-cost prosthetics in Kenya

    Two Zurich-based graduates have created a low cost lower-limb prosthetic made of recycled plastic waste that is collected and processed in local factories in Kenya. More

    Katie de Klee | 21 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Conservatory House by Nadine Englebrecht in South Africa

    Barn-inspired Conservatory House is an off-grid escape on a Pretoria farm

    South African architect Nadine Englebrecht has completed an off-grid home featuring a central conservatory in the countryside outside Pretoria. More

    Katie de Klee | 19 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • VeloMed helps volunteers transport seven times as many medicine boxes in malarial Africa

    VeloMed plastic mesh helps volunteers transport seven times as many medicine boxes

    Industrial design graduate Gwen Gage's has created a plastic mesh that connect medication boxes together to allow easier delivery of malaria medicine in remote sub-Saharan African villages. More

    Augusta Pownall | 18 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Lubango centre by Promontorio

    Promontorio's brick-clad Lubango Center rises above an Angolan town square

    Brown brick facades of Promontorio's tower in the Angolan town of Lubango recall the tones of traditional African rammed-earth buildings. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 13 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Maternity facility in rural Uganda is entirely self-sustaining

    HKS Architects and Engineers for Overseas Development have built a maternity unit in Uganda, using local materials, skills and technology to create a sustainable facility. More

    India Block | 23 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Manuel Herz Architects plans S-shaped extension to Senegalese hospital

    Swiss studio Manuel Herz Architects has unveiled plans to extend Tambacounda Hospital in Senegal, with a snaking building featuring perforated brick walls. More

    Natasha Levy | 13 June 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 10 architects and designers that are championing afrofuturism

    Afrofuturism has become the buzzword for the fast-growing creative scene across Africa. Here are 10 figures that are championing the movement. More

    Amy Frearson | 6 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Afrofuturism is "creating a different narrative for Africa" say creatives

    The success of the movie Black Panther and its afrofuturist aesthetic has put Africa in the spotlight as a growing force in design, technology and fashion, according to designers from the continent. More

    Amy Frearson | 6 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • SCAU to design stadium for Africa Nations Cup in Ivory Coast

    SCAU has won a competition to design a 20,000-seater football stadium in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, to host matches at the 2021 Africa Nations Cup. More

    India Block | 3 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Arch for Archbishop Tutu by Snøhetta

    Snøhetta and Local Studio build tribute arch to Desmond Tutu in Cape Town

    Architecture firms Snøhetta and Local Studio celebrate South African anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu with this monumental arch, which was unveiled in downtown Cape Town during this year's Design Indaba. More

    Amy Frearson | 8 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • National Cathedral of Ghana by David Adjaye

    David Adjaye unveils plans for National Cathedral of Ghana in Accra

    British architect David Adjaye has revealed designs for a new cathedral in Ghanaian capital Accra, which will host a 5,000-seat auditorium beneath a dramatic concave roof. More

    Natasha Levy | 7 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Peter Veenstra LOLA Architects Luthuli Plaza Dome Cape Town

    Peter Veenstra to build dome of plants at Design Indaba venue in Cape Town

    Dutch landscape architect Peter Veenstra has revealed plans to build a plant-covered bamboo sphere in Cape Town's Luthuli Plaza, providing an extra venue for next year's Design Indaba conference. More

    India Block | 5 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Empower by Urban Think Tank ETHZ

    Urban-Think Tank develops low-cost housing for South African slum

    Urban-Think Tank has completed the next phase of its Empower Shack project, bringing safe low-cost housing to residents of South Africa's informal settlements. More

    India Block | 28 December 2017 | 7 comments
  • SAOTA completes "challenging" restoration of Gilbert Colyn's modernist Cape Town home

    Stefan Antoni of South African architecture studio SAOTA has refurbished a modernist villa overlooking Cape Town and reorganised its open interior to make it better suited to contemporary living. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 27 December 2017 | 2 comments
  • Studio KO celebrates Yves Saint Laurent's fashion oeuvre with Marrakech museum

    A lace-like brickwork facade and an interior inspired by a couture jacket lining are some of the fashion-inspired features of Studio KO's Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech.  More

    Amy Frearson | 20 October 2017 | 4 comments
  • Diébédo Francis Kéré says school that launched his career is "not a traditional African building"

    In this exclusive movie produced by Dezeen, Serpentine Pavilion architect Diébédo Francis Kéré reveals how building a school for his home village in Burkina Faso was the starting point for his career. More

    India Block | 17 October 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Durban heritage museum scoops top prize in inaugural Africa Architecture Awards

    A museum in coastal South African city Durban has been named best new building in Africa, in the continent's inaugural architecture awards. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 29 September 2017 | 1 comment
  • Thomas Heatherwick: "There was a real worry about whether we could get people to come inside"

    In an exclusive interview with Dezeen, designer Thomas Heatherwick reveals how he overcame early fears that no one would visit the art galleries in his new Cape Town art museum. More

    Amy Frearson | 22 September 2017 | 7 comments
  • Thomas Heatherwick reveals Zeitz MOCAA art galleries carved out of Cape Town grain silo

    Thomas Heatherwick has created South Africa's biggest art museum – by hollowing out the inside of a historic grain silo building. More

    Amy Frearson | 15 September 2017 | 30 comments
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