Feb 17, 2021Kenya Parliament BuildingsSubmission by Dhanush Vir Maini Kenya Parliament Buildings - as represents the Winds of Change, and a new country on the cusp of entering...
Feb 4, 2021Basilique Saint-Anne-du-Congo, BrazzavilleSubmission by Gregoire Borchard Bold and modern (especially the interior) this building symbolises the fragmented nature of Congolese...
Jan 20, 2021Batsani-Ncube to present paper at CRG-AEGIS workshopInnocent Batsani Ncube will present a paper at a Virtual workshop on ‘Non-Western Actors in Africa: Interests, Conflicts and Agency’...
Jan 19, 2021The Great Hall, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaSubmission by Sele Monkwe This building symbolises education as a key to success and victory. To join the conversation, please leave a...
Jan 15, 2021The Anagkazo Bible & Ministry Training Centre, GhanaSubmission by Emmanuel Siaw The towers are part of a bible school facility founded in 1996 by the Presiding Bishop of the Lighthouse...
Jan 15, 2021Great Zimbabwe Hotel, Masvingo, ZimbabweSubmission by K. Zigomo Located 30kms away from the Masvingo Airport, this hotel sits just on the outskirts. The architecture is...
Jan 11, 2021Hassan Fathy's New Gourna Village project, EgyptSubmission by Awut Atak I'd like to nominate Hassan Fathy's New Gourna Village project. It is a relatively humble scheme; a resettlement...
Jan 11, 2021ZANU PF headquarters in Harare, ZimbabweSubmission by Butler Tambo This is the ZANU PF headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe. It is my favorite because of its iconic shape of a...
Dec 11, 2020Amui Djor Housing Project, Ghana Submission by Emmanuel Kusi Ofori-Sarpong The Amui Djor housing project, designed by Ghanaian architect Tony Asare, is (to my knowledge)...
Dec 7, 2020Eastgate Centre, Harare, ZimbabweSubmission by Tondi Koschke The biomimetic design was inspired by termite mounds, and really successfully implements mechanical cooling...
Dec 7, 2020The Nation Centre, Nairobi, KenyaSubmission by Marie Gibert I am not always sensitive to architectural modernity but I do find that Kenya's Nation Centre delivers...
Dec 7, 2020Ancient church or shopping mall? The search for Africa's favourite buildingThe African State Architecture project has started its search for ‘Africa’s favourite building’ asking members of the public to nominate...
Dec 3, 2020The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, GhanaSubmission by Irene Addo The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, Ghana, is the burial ground for the first president of Ghana. The...
Dec 3, 2020The Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa.Submission by Yusuf Patel Cape Town, South Africa. The Zeitz MOCAA is built in the remnants of the old grain silo which was once the...
Dec 3, 2020Oliver Tambo Heritage House, ZambiaSubmission by Kamfwa Sandu My favourite building in Africa is the Oliver Tambo heritage house. The Safehouse was occupied by O.Tambo...
Nov 20, 2020ASA Doc. Researcher, Joanne Tomkinson, will be speaking about Ethiopia's aviation industrial complexA Global History of State-Enterprises in Developing Countries, 1950 to present. Date/Time - 26/27 November, 18-21 CET (i.e. Berlin time)....
Nov 20, 2020Old Bank building, Guinea BissauSubmission by Ana Dju and Isa Lopes da Costa Why is this your favourite building? We chose this building because the architect used...
Nov 19, 2020Methodist Church-Wesley Cathedral, AccraSubmission by Nanawameaduparko Why is this your favourite building? I'm fascinated by its design. It is one of the oldest church...
Nov 19, 2020District Six Museum, Cape Town, South AfricaSubmission by Anastasia Nicole Witbooi Why is this your favourite building? The District 6 Museum remains my favourite building, due to...
Nov 19, 2020The University of the Western Cape, South AfricaSubmission by Wanga Gambushe Why is this your favourite building? The University of the Western Cape was created as a university for the...