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  • Hollmén Reuter Sandman uses local materials and motifs for Kilimanjaro women's refuge

    The culture, climate and resources of Tanzania's Kilimanjaro region informed the design of this refuge for victims of domestic violence, made up of various yellow buildings arranged around a courtyard (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 21 August 2015 | 3 comments
  • David Adjaye unveils designs for children's cancer treatment centre in Rwanda

    British architect David Adjaye has revealed plans for a 100-bed paediatric cancer centre in Rwanda, East Africa. More

    Jessica Mairs | 22 July 2015 | 7 comments
  • African architecture subject of major exhibition at Copenhagen's Louisiana Museum

    The work of architects including Diébédo Francis Kéré, Heinrich Wolff and SelgasCano features in a new exhibition about African design open the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen (+ slideshow). More

    Jenna McKnight | 10 July 2015 | Leave a comment
  • Nkabom House is a prototypical Ghanaian home made from mud and waste plastic

    Graduate shows 2015: this student-designed house in Ghana pairs rammed-earth walls with translucent screens made from used water packaging, demonstrating how traditional construction can be combined with recycling (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 28 June 2015 | 4 comments
  • Pearl Bay Residence provides ocean views from South African coast

    Glass sliding doors surrounding the living areas of this coastal house in South Africa can be retracted to create open-air spaces overlooking the ocean (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 25 March 2015 | 1 comment
  • David Adjaye to turn Johannesburg high-rise into plant-covered apartment block

    Adjaye Associates has unveiled a proposal to transform a 1970s industrial building in Johannesburg into luxury apartments and a hotel, with balconies covered in plants (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 16 March 2015 | 2 comments
  • Hewn limestone walls and an overhanging roof enclose a hillside home in Nairobi

    Jonathan Woolf Architects used chiselled limestone to construct this family home near Nairobi, which is built into a hillside and topped by a heavy sloping roof (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 6 March 2015 | 5 comments
  • Solar-powered housing by Louise Braverman accommodates medical staff in an African village

    Solar panels provide all the energy needed to power this colourful brick dormitory designed by architect Louise Braverman to house medical staff at a rural village in Burundi, Africa (+ slideshow). More

    Jessica Mairs | 29 December 2014 | Leave a comment
  • Africa's tallest skyscraper to be built in Morocco next year

    News: construction will begin next year on Africa's tallest building – a 540-metre-high skyscraper in Morocco. More

    Amy Frearson | 17 December 2014 | 21 comments
  • Slot windows offer starry views from Swartberg House by Openstudio Architects

    Small slots based on the position of constellations puncture the walls of this South African house by Openstudio Architects, bringing light in during the day and offering starry views at night (+ slideshow). More

    Luke Tebbutt | 2 October 2014 | Leave a comment
  • Boomslang walkway by Mark Thomas and Henry Fagan extends over a forest canopy

    Cape Town architect Mark Thomas and engineer Henry Fagan have completed a sinuous wooden walkway that meanders through the treetops of a botanical garden on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 30 June 2014 | 6 comments
  • NLE's floating school casts anchor in Lagos Lagoon

    Here's a look at one of the standout projects from Designs of the Year 2014 - a floating school on a Nigerian lagoon by architecture studio NLÉ (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 25 March 2014 | 5 comments
  • Walls of foliage will surround towers at Gardens of Anfa by Maison Edouard François

    Flowering vines will sprawl across the facades of these four tower blocks underway in Casablanca by French studio Maison Edouard François, creating a series of brightly coloured vertical gardens. More

    Matt Hussey | 17 March 2014 | 1 comment
  • Urban-Think Tank develops housing prototype for South African slums

    Design strategy collective Urban-Think Tank has designed and built a prototypical house as part of an initiative to improve housing conditions for slum dwellers in some of the 2700 informal settlements across South Africa (+ movie). More

    Amy Frearson | 7 March 2014 | 18 comments
  • Ghost town engulfed by mounds of sand in photography by Romain Veillon

    Photo essay: French photographer Romain Veillon explored an abandoned town that is slowly being consumed by the Namib desert to create these images of once-opulent buildings filled with sand dunes. More

    Amy Frearson | 5 March 2014 | 6 comments
  • BRCK portable internet router by Ushahidi "designed to work anywhere"

    A portable router designed to bring constant internet connectivity to tough locations in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond was presented at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town this week. More

    James Pallister | 28 February 2014 | Leave a comment
  • Heatherwick unveils gallery inside grain silos for Cape Town's V&A Waterfront

    News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled plans to create a new art gallery at the V&A Waterfront museum in Cape Town by hollowing out sections of a grain silo complex. More

    Amy Frearson | 27 February 2014 | 7 comments
  • Vaulted brick primary school built on a Mali plain by Levs Architecten

    Dutch firm Levs Architecten used unfired clay bricks from local mines to build the barrel-vaulted structure of this primary school on one of Mali's vast plains (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 12 February 2014 | 2 comments
  • 99c offices by Inhouse Brand Architects feature a waiting room inside a shipping container

    A bright red shipping container at the entrance to the offices of Cape Town branding agency 99c houses a waiting room for visitors. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 24 January 2014 | 4 comments
  • African children's library with rammed earth walls by BC Architects and Studies

    This children's library with rammed earth walls in Burundi, Africa, was built by Belgian studio BC Architects and Studies and members of the local community, according to an open-source design template (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 14 January 2014 | 19 comments
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