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  • 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
  • Ghana's "UFO-like" National Theatre photographed by Julien Lanoo

    Belgian photographer Julien Lanoo took these images of the National Theatre of Ghana built in Accra in the early 90s, which features smooth, white volumes elevated above the surrounding streetscape. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 6 September 2017 | 1 comment
  • White latticed screens encase apartment block in Kenya by Urko Sanchez Architects

    White mashrabiya-style screens cover these apartments in Mombasa, Kenya, which Nairobi-based Urko Sanchez Architects designed to provide residents with privacy but also views out to sea. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 2 September 2017 | 1 comment
  • Glazed corners peel back to allow sea breezes into Malan Vorster's Cape Town house

    The living spaces of this seaside house in Cape Town are lined with sliding glass walls that can be pulled aside to connect the interiors with a series of external decks, patios and balconies overlooking the ocean. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 28 August 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Burkina Faso's new parliament building "responds to needs of the people" says Diébédo Francis Kéré

    In this exclusive Dezeen movie, Burkinabe architect Diébédo Francis Kéré explains how he is rebuilding his country's National Assembly to be "more than just a simple parliament building". More

    Olivia Mull | 3 July 2017 | 11 comments
  • Diébédo Francis Kéré uses local materials for ring-shaped school in Burkina Faso

    Wind-catching towers emerge from the circular rippled roof of this brick and wood school building in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, which was designed by the architect of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, Diébédo Francis Kéré. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 23 June 2017 | 12 comments
  • Richard Keep and Henry Goss unveil plans for Nairobi tower in rainy renderings

    These foggy renderings by The Boundary forego the stereotypical blue-sky backdrop to depict a wedge-shaped tower by Richard Keep Architects and Henry Goss Architects, which has just been granted planning permission in Nairobi, Kenya. More

    Jessica Mairs | 11 June 2017 | 25 comments
  • Pink Cape Town house by The Fold Architects features rooftop pool and vertical garden

    A rooftop swimming pool offers views over Cape Town from this house, which was designed by local studio The Fold Architects with pink-painted walls to offset a verdant vertical garden. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 2 June 2017 | 1 comment
  • Luxury hotel opens inside Heatherwick's converted grain silo in Cape Town

    The first part of Heatherwick Studio's renovation of a former grain silo building in Cape Town's harbour has been completed, with the opening of a hotel featuring bulging windows. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 18 May 2017 | 30 comments
  • Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital combines concrete and brick with colourful details and big windows

    Sheppard Robson and John Copper Architecture have completed a children's hospital in Johannesburg, which features brick facades and large windows that allow patients to take in the landscaping. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 13 May 2017 | 1 comment
  • Mountainside villa by SAOTA frames Cape Town's spectacular scenery

    A+Awards: South African studio SAOTA received a 2016 Architizer A+Award for this residence in Cape Town, which enjoys views of the area's dramatic rock formations. More

    Dan Howarth | 24 April 2017 | 4 comments
  • Malan Vorster's treehouse-like residence offers views of Cape Town forest

    Four cylindrical towers are elevated on stilts to create this retreat in Cape Town, which was designed by local studio Malan Vorster to offer views among the trees. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 19 April 2017 | 8 comments
  • Modular farm tower for sites across Africa wins international skyscraper competition

    Polish designers Pawel Lipiński and Mateusz Frankowski have envisioned a conceptual high-rise building that would act as a vertical farm, able to be disassembled and moved to different locations across sub-Saharan Africa. More

    Jenna McKnight | 14 April 2017 | 18 comments
  • Jan Sofka takes cues from Japanese home for rural residence near Cape Town

    Stone, brick and wood introduce subtle textures to this house near Cape Town, which was designed by architect Jan Sofka to resemble a Japanese home spotted on Dezeen. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 25 March 2017 | 5 comments
  • Huge inclined roof spans cathedral built by John McAslan + Partners on Kenyan tea plantation

    John McAslan + Partners and Triad Architects have built a cathedral on the edge of a tea plantation outside Nairobi, Kenya, featuring a tiled and angled roof lined with wooden slats. More

    Jessica Mairs | 24 March 2017 | 6 comments
  • Steyn Studio's chapel frames dramatic views of South African countryside below its sinuous roof

    A bright white canopy undulates above the glazed walls of this chapel outside Cape Town, framing views right through it to scenic mountains, vineyards and pomegranate orchards. More

    Jessica Mairs | 7 March 2017 | 26 comments
  • Snøhetta presents memorial arch to Desmond Tutu at Design Indaba

    Architect Snøhetta has revealed a prototype of an arch in honour of South African anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu, which will be built near the National Parliament in Cape Town. More

    Amy Frearson | 6 March 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Competition: win a book documenting the work of Africa's designers

    To coincide with this year's Design Indaba, Dezeen is giving away five copies of Africa Rising, a book documenting work by the continent's architects, designers and photographers. More

    Jessica Jones | 27 February 2017
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