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Kenya Parliament Buildings
Submission by Dhanush Vir Maini Kenya Parliament Buildings - as represents the Winds of Change, and a new country on the cusp of entering...
Feb 17, 2021


Basilique Saint-Anne-du-Congo, Brazzaville
Submission by Gregoire Borchard Bold and modern (especially the interior) this building symbolises the fragmented nature of Congolese...
Feb 4, 2021


Batsani-Ncube to present paper at CRG-AEGIS workshop
Innocent Batsani Ncube will present a paper at a Virtual workshop on ‘Non-Western Actors in Africa: Interests, Conflicts and Agency’...
Jan 20, 2021


The Great Hall, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Submission by Sele Monkwe This building symbolises education as a key to success and victory. To join the conversation, please leave a...
Jan 19, 2021


The Anagkazo Bible & Ministry Training Centre, Ghana
Submission by Emmanuel Siaw The towers are part of a bible school facility founded in 1996 by the Presiding Bishop of the Lighthouse...
Jan 15, 2021


Great Zimbabwe Hotel, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Submission by K. Zigomo Located 30kms away from the Masvingo Airport, this hotel sits just on the outskirts. The architecture is...
Jan 15, 2021


Hassan Fathy's New Gourna Village project, Egypt
Submission 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, 2021


ZANU PF headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe
Submission by Butler Tambo This is the ZANU PF headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe. It is my favorite because of its iconic shape of a...
Jan 11, 2021


Amui 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 11, 2020


Eastgate Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe
Submission by Tondi Koschke The biomimetic design was inspired by termite mounds, and really successfully implements mechanical cooling...
Dec 7, 2020


The Nation Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
Submission by Marie Gibert I am not always sensitive to architectural modernity but I do find that Kenya's Nation Centre delivers...
Dec 7, 2020


Ancient church or shopping mall? The search for Africa's favourite building
The African State Architecture project has started its search for ‘Africa’s favourite building’ asking members of the public to nominate...
Dec 7, 2020


The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, Ghana
Submission by Irene Addo The Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, Ghana, is the burial ground for the first president of Ghana. The...
Dec 3, 2020


The 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, 2020


Oliver Tambo Heritage House, Zambia
Submission by Kamfwa Sandu My favourite building in Africa is the Oliver Tambo heritage house. The Safehouse was occupied by O.Tambo...
Dec 3, 2020
ASA Doc. Researcher, Joanne Tomkinson, will be speaking about Ethiopia's aviation industrial complex
A 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, 2020


Old Bank building, Guinea Bissau
Submission by Ana Dju and Isa Lopes da Costa Why is this your favourite building? We chose this building because the architect used...
Nov 20, 2020


Methodist Church-Wesley Cathedral, Accra
Submission by Nanawameaduparko Why is this your favourite building? I'm fascinated by its design. It is one of the oldest church...
Nov 19, 2020


District Six Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Submission by Anastasia Nicole Witbooi Why is this your favourite building? The District 6 Museum remains my favourite building, due to...
Nov 19, 2020


The University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Submission by Wanga Gambushe Why is this your favourite building? The University of the Western Cape was created as a university for the...
Nov 19, 2020
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