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 ...

African societies' cultures are intrinsically linked to color. From fabrics to clothing, products, sculptures, and architecture, various societies explore rich and vibrant colors that are vivid, ...

Moderating the dialogue between the traditional and the modern in the search for a new architecture for Africa. By Francis Kéré Mr. Kéré is an architect. This personal reflection is part of a series ...

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 dearth of literature on African architecture has long been a source of frustration for the continent’s design community. The last decade, however, has seen a gradual change, as young designers ...

Not urbanism, but urbanity. The latter noun is often misunderstood to mean cityness when really what it refers to, in its fuller sense, is culture, civilisation and worldliness. Adjaye’s response is ...

Architect, educator, and best-selling author Lesley Lokko has been appointed the curator of the 2023 Venice Biennale Architettura by the board of La Biennale di Venezia. The Ghanian-Scottish architect ...

‘Most nursery schools go wild with colour, cartoon characters and alphabets on the wall. But I thought: why trivialise childhood architecture? Why not embed meaning in the form itself?’ ...

West African architect Francis Kéré, founder of the Berlin-based firm Kéré Architecture, is the 2021 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture. Kéré received his architectural ...

Professor Coleman A. Jordan teaches architecture at Morgan State University. For over two years, he has worked closely with students and alumni from the Baltimore HBCU, as well as from Tuskegee and ...

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 ...

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 ...