Some spaces feel easy the moment you step into them. They’re not styled to impress, not packed with things for the sake of visual interest, but they’re balanced in a way that makes daily life more ...

Clay, light and new paths: With the new Goethe-Institut building in Dakar, Francis Kéré has created a building that combines tradition and modernity. Contemporary African architecture is at the center ...

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Clay, light and new paths: With the new Goethe-Institut building in Dakar, Francis Kéré has created a building that combines tradition and modernity. Contemporary African architecture is at the center ...

Parpend, a design studio from Lagos, Nigeria, interviews every year a group of architects to discuss their favorite projects and how they created them. Believing firmly that design should be a fusion ...

There's a new kid on the festival block; the Pan-African Architecture Biennale will launch its inaugural edition in Nairobi, Kenya, on 1 September 2026, it has just been announced. The event – the ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Rinaldo Olivieri’s sort-of high-rise La Pyramide was a landmark of economic optimism in downtown ...

The first thing you notice, stepping from the scorching Sahelian sun into the laterite-stone dome, is how cold it is. There is no air-conditioning, just shade and natural ventilation; nor is there ...