1989 Reputed to be the largest Catholic church in the world, the Basilica dominates Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire’s modest administrative...

The workshop will be held at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) and aims to exploit the rich potential architecture...

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...

4th Century Axum was the one of the earliest capitals of the Ethiopian polity. The Axumite Kingdom is believed to have extended from the...

12th Century Lalibela (previously known as Roha) is a small town in north-central Ethiopia. It was the capital of the Zagwe dynasty,...

1636 Founded in l636 by Emperor Fasiladas (l633-l667) Gondar was the capital city of Ethiopia until l855. It is a home of numerous...

1960's This major civic complex combines administrative and recreational buildings and is located in an elevated position on Churchill...

2012 The new African Union (AU) headquarters building, an international style skyscraper and conference hall, dominates the Addis Ababa...

Four researchers will join Prof Julia Gallagher and the 'Understanding Statehood through Architecture' project in September 2018. Dr...

Originally a monument to the heroes of the nation, Echangeur has been used in turns as a police station, a museum and a radio...

The Palais de la Nation is a neo-classical structure designed by the colonial authorities as a residence for the governor-general, but...

Congo’s enormous parliament building was financed by the PRC and completed in 1979, although it was only used as a parliament after...

The luxurious Palais de Marbre, was originally built in 1971, designed also by Palumbo, as a residence for the Governor of the National...

Kinshasa’s two main sports stadiums hold a special place in the country’s political history. Stade Tata Raphael was opened in 1952 during...

The High Court, by Italian architect Eugène Palumbo in 1969, was designed to embody rational justice and local custom through a...

We are offering two fully-funded PhD studentships as part of the project Understanding Statehood through Architecture: a comparative...