Domed roofs and stone cladding lend an organic look to Suyian Lodge, a safari resort in Kenya by British firms Michaelis Boyd and South African studios Nicholas Plewman Architects and Fox Browne Creative. More about Suyian Lodge safari resort in Kenya "feels deeply integrated" with site
The first Pan-African Biennale of Architecture has been announced for 2026. In this interview, its inaugural curator, Omar Degan, explains his vision for the event. More about African architects "to tell a story under their own terms" at Pan-African Biennale of Architecture
Architecture studio Urko Sánchez Architects has created a series of classrooms for a school in Nairobi, Kenya, which are wrapped in wooden logs to blend into their forested surroundings. More about Urko Sanchez Architects prioritises reusable materials for temporary school in Nairobi
South African architect Sumayya Vally is collaborating with creative platform To.org to create a geometric wellness and fitness centre, designed for the refugee community in Kakuma, Kenya. More about Sumayya Vally references termite mounds for refugee wellness centre in Kenya
Limestone-block walls covered in pink plaster intersect to form UA House, which Kenyan practice Studio Mehta Architecture has added to a creekside site in Kilifi, Kenya. More about Pink plaster cloaks limestone house in Kenya by Studio Mehta Architecture
A mobile pavilion made of bamboo and a board game dedicated to education around the urban planning process were among the projects highlighted from a design and architecture symposium held in Bogotá. More about Six social architecture projects highlighted at Re:Arc symposium in Colombia
Open-air bedrooms and terraces are raised above the treetops at this holiday home designed by Italian architecture studio PAT on Kenya's Manda Island. More about PAT completes off-grid Kenyan holiday home with raised bedrooms
Kenyan architectural studio Cave Bureau has examined issues surrounding decolonialisation and decarbonisation by spotlighting the history and architecture of Kenya's volcanic caves. More about Cave Bureau recreates Kenya's volcanic caves for The Anthropocene Museum exhibition
International studio Atkins is set to renovate the central station in Nairobi, Kenya, adding canopies that were informed by central African Boma enclosures. More about Atkins reveals design for Nairobi Central Station informed by defensive enclosures
Maasai people could once again legally herd their cattle through Nairobi via Cow Corridors proposed by Cave Bureau in this manifesto prepared for the Dezeen 15 digital festival. More about Cave Bureau proposes "a new kind of infrastructure for the first inhabitants of the city"
Terracotta-hued towers that reference termite mounds distinguish the Startup Lions Campus, which Burkinabe architect Diébédo Francis Kéré's studio has completed in Kenya. More about Termite mounds inform Kéré Architecture's design of Kenyan education campus
Google's sister company Loon is deploying a fleet of 35 solar-powered balloons that will provide internet service across more remote areas of Kenya by floating on stratospheric winds. More about Loon launches floating balloon-powered internet service in Kenya
Daniel Libeskind's New York architecture firm has revealed plans to build a museum in Kenya's Rift Valley, comprising tapered and pointed structures that resemble stalagmites. More about Studio Libeskind's Ngaren museum to track human evolution in Kenyan landscape
TU Delft students Laura Katharina Strähle and Ellen Rouwendal designed this community centre in the rural community of Okana, close to Lake Victoria in Kenya, which was named Small Building of the Year at Dezeen Awards. More about Okana Centre for Change is a bamboo centre for a rural Kenyan community
Two Zurich-based graduates have created a low cost lower-limb prosthetic made of recycled plastic waste that is collected and processed in local factories in Kenya. More about Project Circleg uses recycled plastic to build low-cost prosthetics in Kenya
Swiss studio Roeoesli Maeder Architekten has built anembassy for Switzerland in Nairobi, Kenya, as an extension of the dyed concrete boundary wall that surrounds the compound. More about Dyed concrete walls surround Swiss embassy in Nairobi by Roeoesli Maeder Architekten
The late Will Alsop's studio All Design, has designed a shopping centre in Nairobi, Kenya, will feature a monorail with "jellybean" carriages and a "piano staircase". More about Will Alsop's only African project to be fun-filled shopping centre in Nairobi
White mashrabiya-style screens cover these apartments in Mombasa, Kenya, which Nairobi-based Urko Sanchez Architects designed to provide residents with privacy but also views out to sea. More about White latticed screens encase apartment block in Kenya by Urko Sanchez Architects
These foggy renderings by The Boundary forego the stereotypical blue-sky backdrop to depict a wedge-shaped tower by Richard Keep Architects and Henry Goss Architects, which has just been granted planning permission in Nairobi, Kenya. More about Richard Keep and Henry Goss unveil plans for Nairobi tower in rainy renderings
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 about Huge inclined roof spans cathedral built by John McAslan + Partners on Kenyan tea plantation