Building Beyond Borders uses stone and earth to build Women's House Ouled Merzoug
Architecture students collaborated with a women's group in Morocco to design and build a community centre out of stone and earth in the village of Ouled Merzoug. More
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Groupe3Architectes wraps Guelmim Airport in a skin of multihued perforated panels
Groupe3Architectes has completed an airport for the city of Guelmim, in Morocco, featuring a light-filtering facade made up of panels of multicoloured metal-mesh. More
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"Casablanca presents one of the best models of modernism"
The cohesive core of Casablanca, Morocco, is unmatched by few city centres and shows how modernism can be used to its full potential on a large scale, says recent visitor Aaron Betsky. More
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Nomadic design exhibition showcases new talent from the Middle East and North Africa
Bowls made from recycled metals and seating inspired by traditional Arabic Majlis featured in an exhibition of emerging talent from the Middle East and North African regions at this year's Dubai Design Week. More
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Studio KO celebrates Yves Saint Laurent's fashion oeuvre with Marrakech museum
A lace-like brickwork facade and an interior inspired by a couture jacket lining are some of the fashion-inspired features of Studio KO's Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech. More
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Casablanca house presents closed facade to the street but opens to garden at the rear
This house in Casablanca by architect Driss Kettani features a windowless white box perched above black- and blue-tiled walls, forming an abstract composition of geometric shapes when viewed from the street. More
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Mohamed Amine Siana combines flat planes and wavy walls at Villa Z in Casablanca
Architect Mohamed Amine Siana has completed a house in Casablanca, featuring a sculptural exterior intended as a contemporary update of the Modernist architecture found across the Moroccan city (+ slideshow). More
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Mud bricks and woven rattan used to build an affordable preschool in Morocco
Architects Nicolas Coeckelberghs and Dorian Vauzelle Mamoth collaborated with local workers in the Moroccan town of Aknaibich to construct this school building using local methods including adobe brickworking (+ slideshow). More
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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
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Chipperfield to design photography museum for Marrakech
News: the world's largest free-standing museum dedicated to photography is set to be built in Morocco by British firm David Chipperfield Architects. More
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Casablanca Sustainable Market Square by TomDavid Architecten
Dutch studio TomDavid Architecten has won a competition to design a market square in Casablanca, Morocco, with plans for a canopy of leaf-like structures. More
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Guelmim Technology School by Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani and Mohamed Amine Siana
Slideshow: following our earlier story about a university in the Moroccan desert with a sandy red exterior, here's a school of technology in the nearby town of Guelmim with walls covered in the same grainy render. More
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Taroudant University by Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani and Mohamed Amine Siana
The harsh sunlight in the Moroccan desert casts dramatic shadows across the sandy red walls of this university by architects Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani and Mohamed Amine Siana. More
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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
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BMCE headquarters by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners have completed two modular headquarters for Moroccan bank BMCE in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco. More
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Rabat Grand Theatre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled designs for a theatre in Rabat, Morocco. More
