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Jan 5, 2019

Mandala House

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

Jan 4, 2019

‘Masongola’ The Old Residency

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

Jan 3, 2019

Old Parliament Building, Zomba

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

Jan 2, 2019

Press Corporation Limited (PCL) House

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

Jan 1, 2019

New Parliament Building, Lilongwe

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

Dec 2, 2018

The Obelisks of Axum, Ethiopia

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

Dec 1, 2018

The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia

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

Nov 30, 2018

Gondar: Camelot of Africa, Ethiopia

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

Nov 29, 2018

City Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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

Nov 27, 2018

The AU Conference Centre and Office Complex (AUCC), Ethiopia

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

Jul 5, 2018

New team announced for 'Understanding Statehood through Architecture' project

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

Feb 9, 2018

Understanding Statehood through Architecture is recruiting two PhD students

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

Feb 9, 2018

Understanding Statehood through Architecture is recruiting two postdoctoral research assistants

We are looking for two postdoctoral research assistants to work on the project Understanding Statehood through Architecture: a comparativ...

Jan 31, 2018

Palace of the Wa Naa, Wa, Ghana

16th century Historically, there were several kingdoms, states, empires, and polities in and extending into the geographical area that la...

Jan 31, 2018

City of Mapungubwe, South Africa

10th - 13th century Nothing remains of the buildings of this iron age city which sat on the meeting of the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers and w...

Jan 30, 2018

The Aban, Kumase, Ghana

1822 The Aban, also referred to as The Palace of Culture, was a grand building constructed to display the wealth, gifts and military migh...

Jan 30, 2018

Ou Raadsaal, Pretoria, South Africa

1891 The Ou Raadsaal, or Old Council Hall, was commissioned by the first president of the Boer Transvaal republic, Paul Kruger, and was d...

Jan 29, 2018

Kumasi Fort, Ghana

1897 During the British colonial campaign in Ghana, several of the great buildings of Ghana-based empires and kingdoms were destroyed. In...

Jan 29, 2018

Union Building, Pretoria, South Africa

1909 - 1913 Designed by Herbert Baker, one of Britain's most famous colonial architects, the Union Building became the seat of South Afri...

Jan 28, 2018

Black Star Gate, Accra, Ghana

1961 Independence-era architecture in Ghana marked a break with traditional British forms and coincided with the modernist movement in ar...

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