China has been donating parliament buildings to African countries that do not yet have purpose-built facilities of their own. However, to...

The ASA team is delighted to have signed a contract with James Currey for a new book, Architecture and Politics in Africa: making, living...

As the ASA project reaches its half-way mark, the team has produced a short film about its research activities. The film explores the...

Researchers, architects and students from Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Germany, Switzerland the UK and US attended ASA’s...

Julia Gallagher has been appointed as specialist advisor for a UK inquiry into UK-Africa relations being carried out by the UK House of...

Innocent Batsani Ncube will attend the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) Third International Biennial Conference 2019. The...

Mandala House[1], constructed in 1882, was the first western-style building in Malawi and illustrates the classical role of commercial...

The Old Residency [1] is called Masongola by locals because of its hexagonal towers with window slits at either end of the super...

The Old Parliament building in Zomba, designed by Ross McKenzie, van Heerden and Hartford, constructed by Messrs. Angelo Gouveia and...

The massive, modern headquarters of Malawi’s biggest private sector company, the Press Corporation Limited (Press) sits at Top Mandala...

The new parliament building in Lilongwe lies at the intersection of Procession drive and Presidential way and is one of the major...