With the new Goethe-Institut building in Dakar, Francis Kéré has created a building that combines tradition and modernity.

He was the first African architect (and so far the only one) to receive the Pritzker Prize. He designs major projects in Las ...

The bricks are local, the open-air ventilation is abundant, and a single towering baobab unites it all: architect Francis ...

Some emerging nations seem convinced that they can best establish status by expelling or jailing American diplomats. An increasing number, fortunately, have found a more useful path to national pride: ...

When architect Mphethi Morojele began designing Freedom Park in Pretoria, South Africa, a 130-acre (52-hectare) memorial to lives lost in the struggle against the country’s Apartheid regime, he took ...

The call to prayer echoes across the neighbourhood as people congregate under the sweeping domes and tall minarets of Ghana’s ...

When Paul Wellington wrote his book, he did it to showcase the role African American architects have played in the past and encourage young people to pick up that mantle for the future. He and ...

According to Osae-Addo, the African continent needs to recognize, cultivate and appreciate its own heritage. From an architectural perspective, the small space appeared insignificant – completely open ...

The history of colonisation still stands tall across west African cities. Benin’s politicians pass laws in a French-built villa. Modernist architecture was brought to Ghana by British colonists. If ...

Presented since 1979, the Venice Architecture Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) is possibly the most influential architecture exhibition in the world. For the first time, this year’s edition is ...

Black Females in Architecture (BFA) is a social enterprise supporting a membership of more than 450 Black women in built environment professions worldwide. Founded by architects Neba Sere, Selasi ...