We are entering a new phase in the history of African architecture. A period defined by African architects who are moved by cultural nuances and societal needs...
Adjaye Associates has revealed the design for The Africa Institute campus to be built in downtown Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates...
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards has announced its 2021 shortlist, celebrating buildings and landscapes to have been completed across the globe...
With skyscrapers climbing ever higher and unoccupied city areas increasingly scarce, demands on urban space are increasing...
Stuart Connop and Caroline Nash 30 Jun 2021
Most people might not usually think of public space as being gendered, but this is how scholars of the built environment increasingly talk about it...
Pippa Catterall and Ammar Azzouz 9 Jun 2021
Construction is booming in Dakar, where unfinished apartment blocks tower over most streets, their exposed concrete bricks a dull uniform grey...
Nellie Peyton and Christophe van der Perre 17 May 2021
The winners have been announced for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Al-Nouri complex in Mosul, Iraq. Launched in November 2020, the competition was a major component of Unesco's ambitious project for the rehabilitation of the ancient city, Revive the Spirit of Mosul.
The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced four shortlisted architects for the 2021 Wheelwright Prize...
Designed by international firm Perkins+Will, the Greater Accra Regional Hospital is the result of the transformation of a small, simple hospital dating from the 1920s into a modern, expandable facility...
Called Voyager Station, the project will be built by Orbital Assembly Corporation which describes itself as "the world's first large-scale space construction company"...
Morphosis has completed the Casablanca Finance City Tower in the Anfa District in Casablanca, Morocco. The 25-storey project is the studio's first project realised in Africa...
Our cities, designed for one set of climatic ranges, are increasingly "out of place" as average temperatures rise. The days above 40°C and nights above 30°C are...
Cameron Tonkinwise and Abby Mellick Lopes 24 Feb 2021
The MIT Department of Architecture has released the schedule for its 2021 online public programme. The lecture series is a collaboration between...
Hawai for Tourism and Investment recently announced the launch of the Cairo Eye project in Egypt, the first observation wheel in Cairo...
World Architetcure Community (WAC) has compiled a list of 10 hotly-anticipated buildings to be completed in 2021...
