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  • Watch our Architecture Project Talk about Coral Pavilion by CmDesign Atelier

    Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo concluded Dezeen and Gaggenau's Architecture Project Talks series with a presentation about Coral Pavilion. The webinar has ended but you can re-watch it by registering here. More

    Siufan Adey | 5 December 2022
  • Marc Thorpe designs Dakar Houses for Moroso furniture makers in Senegal

    New York architect Marc Thorpe has developed a prototype house made from earth bricks, to house the makers of Moroso's M'Afrique furniture collection. More

    Amy Frearson | 17 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • ARRCC builds "afro-minimalist" safari lodge in South African wildlife reserve

    Architecture and interiors studio ARRCC has completed a safari retreat in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, a South African park that is home to elephants, lions, rhinos, giraffes, hippos and cheetahs. More

    Amy Frearson | 7 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Urban-Think Tank develops low-cost housing for South African slum

    Urban-Think Tank has completed the next phase of its Empower Shack project, bringing safe low-cost housing to residents of South Africa's informal settlements. More

    India Block | 28 December 2017 | 7 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Fobe House by Guilhem Eustache

    A Belgian film director resides in one of the four white boxy structures of this residence near Marrakech by Guilhem Eustache. More

    Amy Frearson | 25 January 2012 | 5 comments
  • Ecolodge by Laetitia Delubac and Christian Félix

    Paris architects Laetitia Delubac and Christian Félix have completed a holiday home and guest house in Siwa, Egypt. More

    Rose Etherington | 16 October 2009 | 23 comments
  • Sand-bag houses by MMA architects 4

    Design Indaba 08: here's a new set of photos showing progress on the first sand-bag house being built at Freedom Park in Cape Town, South Africa. More

    Marcus Fairs | 22 March 2008 | 13 comments
  • Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects 3

    Design Indaba 08: continuing our series of stories about the 10x10 Housing Project in Cape Town, South Africa, here are the latest photos showing progress constructing the first sand-bag house. More

    Marcus Fairs | 2 March 2008 | 26 comments
  • Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects 2

    Design Indaba 08: the first sand-bag house designed by Cape Town architects MMA is taking shape (see earlier post). More

    Marcus Fairs | 27 February 2008 | 18 comments
  • Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects

    Design Indaba 08: Cape Town architects MMA have started work on a pilot project of ten affordable houses built using a sand-bag construction system. More

    Marcus Fairs | 26 February 2008 | 16 comments

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    Minimalist home in Spain

    Architecture


    Minimalist home in Spain

  • Tokyo Toilet by Junko Kobayashi

    Architecture


    Weathering-steel Tokyo toilet

    Architecture


    Weathering-steel Tokyo toilet

  • Four-poster bed in house designed by Bernardo Bader

    Interiors


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    Interiors


    Regal four-poster beds

  • One-storey house with a ddark metal structure cantilevering over bushes

    Architecture


    Dramatic cantilevered house

    Architecture


    Dramatic cantilevered house

  • Exterior of Sydney Plaza & Community Building

    Architecture


    Giant canopy by Adjaye

    Architecture


    Giant canopy by Adjaye

  • Colourful apartment interior by Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor

    Interiors


    Colourful Stockholm apartment

    Interiors


    Colourful Stockholm apartment

  • Architecture


    Sculptural Mangiarotti works

    Architecture


    Sculptural Mangiarotti works

  • Kalba Ice Factory arts venue in Sharjah, UAE, by 51-1 Arquitectos

    Architecture


    Converted ice factory

    Architecture


    Converted ice factory

  • View of Jeddah Central Museum by Heatherwick

    Architecture


    Heatherwick Saudi museum

    Architecture


    Heatherwick Saudi museum

  • Ludwig Godefroy brutalist home

    Architecture


    Brutalist cube-shaped home

    Architecture


    Brutalist cube-shaped home

  • Timeless Beacon by FangFang

    Architecture


    Ma Yansong installation

    Architecture


    Ma Yansong installation

  • Highgate Road facade of The Arches townhouses by The DHaus Company

    Architecture


    Arched London townhouses

    Architecture


    Arched London townhouses

  • Blue, Green and pink steel structures along a curved pathway with school children playing

    Architecture


    Colourful preschool

    Architecture


    Colourful preschool

  • Tamedia Office Building by Shigeru Ban

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    Timber-skeleton building

    Timber Revolution


    Timber-skeleton building

  • 10K House by Takk

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    Energy-saving Barcelona flat

    Interiors


    Energy-saving Barcelona flat

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