More than half of the participants at the Architecture Biennale’s main ... pieces of yellow gallon oil containers — commonly used in Africa to store and transport water — to form a surface ...

It was built during a period when patterned sunscreens had risen in popularity, drawing inspiration ... from North Africa took to Catalonia, and which was used by architects such as Antoni Gaudi ...

The continent’s most striking new buildings were shortlisted this week for the annual Africa Architecture Awards, which will be announced at the end of the month. Several South Africans are among the ...

And clay is often used in West African architecture, especially in regions with minimal rainfall. During the colonial period, powers such as France and Britain erected numerous administrative ...

Large-scale models and architectural displays are relatively hard to come by, and in their place are films, sculptures, drawings and even ... In a Biennale that posits Africa as the main ...

Text description provided by the architects. The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), was unveiled today ahead of its public opening on 22 September 2017 at Cape Town’s V&A ...

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As African architects meet in Ghana to discuss the continent's architecture, do you like the buildings where you live? Recent headlines talk of modern buildings collapsing in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda ...

Salt bricks and sweeping mud walls - as recently showcased by some African architects - may be the building ... of rammed earth in West Africa, used rocks from the UAE to achieve the layering ...

It was built during a period when patterned sunscreens had risen in popularity, drawing inspiration ... from North Africa took to Catalonia, and which was used by architects such as Antoni Gaudi ...