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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

    Jenna McKnight | 24 February 2017 | 1 comment
  • 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

    Alice Morby | 9 February 2017 | 1 comment
  • "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

    Phineas Harper | 26 January 2017 | 16 comments
  • 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

    Alyn Griffiths | 25 January 2017 | 7 comments
  • 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

    Amy Frearson | 5 January 2017 | 7 comments
  • 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

    Alice Morby | 17 December 2016 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Benedict Hobson | 1 December 2016 | 11 comments
  • 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

    Dan Howarth | 12 September 2016 | 1 comment
  • 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

    Eleanor Gibson | 9 August 2016 | 7 comments
  • 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

    Anna Winston | 28 June 2016
  • 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

    Marcus Fairs | 11 June 2016 | 14 comments
  • 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

    Amy Frearson | 8 June 2016 | 18 comments
  • 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

    Amy Frearson | 16 May 2016 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Jessica Mairs | 13 May 2016 | 3 comments
  • 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

    Jessica Mairs | 9 May 2016 | 18 comments
  • Phillip Lühl uses "bagged concrete bricks" to build two extensions to a Namibia house

    Architect Phillip Lühl has added a pair of extensions to a Modernist house in Namibia, using cement brickwork textured with the coarse fibres of hessian fabric (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 31 March 2016 | 3 comments
  • Concrete garden pavilion by Metropolis offers outdoor dining to a Cape Town villa

    South African studio Metropolis has completed a concrete pavilion in the grounds of a house in Cape Town, featuring sheltered seating and dining areas with views of nearby Table Mountain (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 21 February 2016 | 2 comments
  • SelgasCano's Louisiana Pavilion to be reused as a school in Kenya's Kibera slum

    A pavilion designed by architects SelgasCano and Helloeverything for a Copenhagen art museum is being transported to a Nairobi slum, where it will serve as a school for 600 pupils. More

    Marcus Fairs | 11 February 2016 | 2 comments
  • Groosman to create extreme cantilevers for arts centre in Rwanda's capital

    An arts and cultural centre with two huge cantilevered wings has been unveiled by Dutch architectural firm Groosman as the latest in a string of architectural developments in Kigali, Rwanda. More

    Jessica Mairs | 7 October 2015 | 9 comments
  • Annabelle Selldorf designs new primary school for rural Zambia

    A New York-based nonprofit organisation has commissioned Selldorf Architects to design an elementary school for a remote village in southern Zambia. More

    Jenna McKnight | 6 October 2015 | 1 comment
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Two-storey Corten steel tasting room at the Lasting Joy Brewery

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