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 about Hollmén Reuter Sandman uses local materials and motifs for Kilimanjaro women's refuge
British architect David Adjaye has revealed plans for a 100-bed paediatric cancer centre in Rwanda, East Africa. More about David Adjaye unveils designs for children's cancer treatment centre in Rwanda
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 about African architecture subject of major exhibition at Copenhagen's Louisiana Museum
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 about Nkabom House is a prototypical Ghanaian home made from mud and waste plastic
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 about Pearl Bay Residence provides ocean views from South African coast
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 about David Adjaye to turn Johannesburg high-rise into plant-covered apartment block
Jonathan Woolf Architects used chiselled sandstone to construct this family home near Nairobi, which is built into a hillside and topped by a heavy sloping roof (+ slideshow). More about Hewn sandstone walls and an overhanging roof enclose a hillside home in Nairobi
News: construction will begin next year on Africa's tallest building – a 540-metre-high skyscraper in Morocco. More about Africa's tallest skyscraper to be built in Morocco next year
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 about Slot windows offer starry views from Swartberg House by Openstudio Architects
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 about Boomslang walkway by Mark Thomas and Henry Fagan extends over a forest canopy
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 about NLE's floating school casts anchor in Lagos Lagoon
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 about Walls of foliage will surround towers at Gardens of Anfa by Maison Edouard François
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 about Urban-Think Tank develops housing prototype for South African slums
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 about Ghost town engulfed by mounds of sand in photography by Romain Veillon
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 about BRCK portable internet router by Ushahidi "designed to work anywhere"
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 about Heatherwick unveils gallery inside grain silos for Cape Town's V&A Waterfront
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 about Vaulted brick primary school built on a Mali plain by Levs Architecten
A bright red shipping container at the entrance to the offices of Cape Town branding agency 99c houses a waiting room for visitors. More about 99c offices by Inhouse Brand Architects feature a waiting room inside a shipping container
News: architect David Adjaye has designed an office campus featuring ten conical towers as the centrepiece of a new 65-hectare urban development under construction in Kampala, Uganda. More about David Adjaye designs office campus for new 65-hectare development in Uganda
Red brick buildings wrap around an elevated piazza at this education centre in Rwanda by German office Dominikus Stark Architekten (+ slideshow). More about Education centre in Rwanda built from brick and wicker by Dominikus Stark Architekten