Architecture

Mbamba: Botswana’s Newest Luxury Safari Camp Brings Timeless Safari Elegance to the Okavango Delta

In the remote northern reaches of Botswana’s Okavango Delta, where floodplains, lagoons, grasslands and ancient islands converge to create one of Africa’s most extraordinary ecosystems, a new safari destination is redefining luxury through heritage, storytelling and wilderness immersion. Mbamba, one of the newest additions to Botswana’s luxury safari landscape, opened in April 2025 as a […]

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From Algeria to Zimbabwe: Meet the Spatial Practices Shaping the First-Ever Pan-African Biennale

RICA, MASS Design, Rwanda. Image Courtesy of Pan-African Biennale (PAB)

When the Pan-African Biennale opens in Nairobi this September, it will mark a historic moment for architecture and spatial practice across the continent. For the first time, Africa will host a continental architecture biennale conceived, curated, and led from within the continent itself, bringing together architects, designers, researchers, collectives, material practitioners, and spatial thinkers from

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Building Through Resonance: Selma and Salwa Mikoü on Architecture, Memory and the Hidden Narratives of Place

Selma and Salwa Mikoü, Founders of Mikoü Architecture, Paris | Courtesy Mikoü Architecture

Architecture often reveals itself through what is visible: walls, roofs, facades, materials, and form. Yet for Selma and Salwa Mikoü, architecture begins elsewhere. It starts with what lies beneath the surface of a place—the memories embedded in a landscape, the traces of forgotten infrastructures, the stories carried by materials, and the cultural narratives that continue

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Adjaye Associates Opens New Accra Studio,Marking a Defining Moment for Its African Practice

Adjaye Associates Accra New Studio © Mutahi Chiira

Adjaye Associates has officially opened its new studio in Accra, Ghana, marking a pivotal moment in the evolution of the globally renowned practice. Designed by Sir David Adjaye himself, the building is more than a workplace—it is a spatial manifesto that reflects the firm’s long-standing engagement with African geographies, histories, and futures. The opening, held

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Goethe-Institut Dakar by Kéré Architecture Opens, Redefining Climate-Responsive Architecture in West Africa

Goethe Institute Senegal by Kéré Architecture, 2026. Image ©Iwan Baan

The opening of the new Goethe-Institut in Dakar marks a defining moment for both cultural infrastructure and contemporary architecture across the continent. Designed by Diébédo Francis Kéré and his Berlin-based studio Kéré Architecture, in collaboration with Dakar-based firm Worofila, the project is the first purpose-built Goethe-Institut in Africa. Its inauguration between April 16 and 18,

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Kaloki Nyamai Studio: A Contemporary Sanctuary for Art in Nairobi Designed by Adjaye Associates

KALOKI NYAMAI STUDIO IN NAIROBI, KENYA DESIGNED BY ADJAYE ASSOCIATES | Photos by Mutahi Chiira

In the wooded suburb of Karen in Nairobi, a new architectural work by David Adjaye and Adjaye Associates unfolds with a quiet, deliberate presence. Designed for Kenyan artist Kaloki Nyamai, the studio is not merely a site of production but a carefully orchestrated environment for reflection, dwelling, and the slow rhythms of artistic practice. Set

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Limbo Engawa by TAELON7 Reimagines Accra’s Unfinished Architecture as a Space for Gathering and Care

Limbo Engawa by TAELON7_04_(c) Edem Tamakloe_LD

In Accra’s rapidly evolving urban environment, where unfinished concrete structures and fragments of cultivated land frequently coexist, a new architectural installation is proposing a different way of understanding these overlooked spaces. Limbo Engawa, commissioned by the Limbo Museum in Accra, introduces a thoughtful architectural intervention that transforms the threshold between skeletal architecture and active landscape

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Rewriting the Map: Ibiye Camp’s ‘Revised Cartographies’ Workshop at the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona

Ibiye Camp_Portrait

In June 2026, Barcelona will once again position itself at the centre of global architectural discourse as it hosts the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 (UIA2026BCN). Thirty years after its landmark 1996 edition, the Congress returns at a moment of profound planetary, political and cultural transition. Organised by the International Union of Architects (UIA)

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Africa’s Tallest Building Nears Completion in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Set for 2026

The skyline of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, is on the brink of a remarkable transformation as Tour F advances toward completion in 2026. Set to become the tallest skyscraper on the African continent, the tower signals a new era of ambition for the city. Rising prominently from the Plateau district, it reinforces Abidjan’s role as West

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Transforming the Invisible: Warwickshire’s Hidden Haven Revamped by Visionary Designers

In the serene landscapes of Warwickshire, England, Dhilnawaaz Khan Trotman and Annahita Samiri have masterfully reinvented a remarkable residence known as the Invisible House. Founded by South African-born Dhilnawaaz Khan Trotman alongside Iranian-born Annahita Samiri, their firm DKT Interior Design Studio has converted this elusive property into a warm, inviting retreat, shifting its focus from

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