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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Exhibition reveals role of modernist architecture in liberated African nations
A current show at New York's Center for Architecture reveals how several sub-Saharan African countries used modernist architecture to assert their identities, following a break from colonial rule in the 20th century. More
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IKEA to partner with Design Indaba to launch African design collection
Swedish furniture giant IKEA has announced that it will work alongside Cape Town organisation Design Indaba to produce its first collection made completely by African designers. More
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"Poverty should never be an Instagram filter"
Iwan Baan's arresting images of the Kenyan school built by architect duo Selgascano are a typical example of the slum porn that has infiltrated western media, argues Phineas Harper in his latest Opinion column. More
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Toshiko Mori uses compressed earth and bamboo for cultural hub in remote Senegalese village
This cultural centre in Senegal by Japanese architect Toshiko Mori was constructed using exclusively local materials and techniques – and has been recognised in the architecture category of the 2017 AIA Awards. More
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Selgascano-designed pavilion transformed into school for Kenya's Kibera slum
A colourful pavilion designed by Spanish architect duo Selgascano has been shipped from a Copenhagen art museum to Africa's largest slum, where it now serves as a school for 600 orphaned children. More
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Misha Kahn's Scrappy Cabinet is made from trash and woven grass
American designer Misha Kahn worked alongside basket weavers in Swaziland, Africa to create this cabinet made from grass, trash and stained glass found on a beach. More
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La Voûte Nubienne revives ancient building technique to "transform housing" in Africa
Future Makers: in this movie, Thomas Granier explains why his organisation La Voûte Nubienne believes the future of housing in sub-Saharan Africa can be transformed by reviving a 3,500-year-old building technique. More
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Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge provides luxury getaway in remote African beauty spot
A+Awards: the African armadillo influenced the curved, scale-covered form of this boutique safari lodge in Botswana – one of the winners at this year's Architizer A+Awards. More
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Designer Olalekan Jeyifous imagines vertical shanty towns for central Lagos
Designer Olalekan Jeyifous has created a dystopian vision of shanty-town towers in Lagos, Nigeria, to highlight the poor standard of living in the city's impoverished areas (+ slideshow). More
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What Design Can Do to examine how Africa can help solve Europe's design "identity crisis"
Dezeen promotion: this year's What Design Can Do conference will focus on European identity and how the continent can learn from new initiatives emerging in Africa (+ slideshow). More
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Kunlé Adeyemi's floating school posed "danger to the kids," headmaster claims
A row has broken out over architect Kunlé Adeyemi's award-winning Makoko Floating School following its collapse earlier this week, with a community leader in Lagos claiming pupils were evacuated three months ago over safety concerns and architecture critics questioning its credentials. More
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Kunlé Adeyemi's floating school suffers "abrupt collapse"
Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi has confirmed reports that his award-winning Makoko Floating School has collapsed. More
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Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform creates mobile workshops for world's largest e-waste dump
A team of architects have launched an initiative to build a network of "makerspace" structures at Agbogbloshie, Ghana – the world's largest dumping site for electronic waste (photos by Julien Lanoo + slideshow). More
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Localarchitecture transforms 1960s house into Swiss embassy for Ivory Coast
Angular concrete columns surround this extension to a 1960s villa in the Ivory Coast capital Abidjan, which Localarchitecture has reconfigured to house the Swiss embassy (+ slideshow). More
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Timber and granite residence by Studio Seilern stands on a rocky ledge above an African dam
This home and recording studio for a musician features overhanging roofs and perches on a rocky hillside overlooking a dam in a secret location in Africa (+ slideshow). More
