African Architecture and Design

Their website says"... n'Kozi Homes' mission is to contribute towards "greening" the environment through the deliver...

Kelly Hart says"...I recently received an email from a gentleman in Pakistan expressing interest in dome technology for building earth...

RIBA press says"...Cobtun House, Worcestershire, built of mud, straw and corrugated iron, and designed by Associated Architects, has s...

Inhabitat says"...Filipino designer Kenneth Cobonpue has good design in his genes. His mother, Betty Cobonpue, founded a furniture des...

Ahadu Abaineh's ideology is to alleviate the housing crises endemic in Ethiopia and other developing countries as well as encourage re-f...

Referred to as one of the holiest sites for Muslims in Ghana the Larabanga Mosque was built by the Moors around 1421 with a lot of similarit...

In a story already featured in boing boing . We-make-money-not says"... The Dutch are gearing up for climate change with amphibious ho...

The architecture of most West African below sea level mangrove villages is dominated by buildings on stilts or poles. One of the most notabl...

The art tradition of house painting or traditional house decoration is common among the numerous cultures of North and sub Saharan Africa. T...

Imagine building a wall out of blocks made from just soil and cement that interlock with each other and require no mortar. Reducing construc...

Located in the Rukinga Wildlife Sanctuary the ecofactory is constructed mainly out of rammed earth a result of a Wildlife Works collaborati...

Timbuktu chronicles covers Moladi "a South African Company has developed a one-step casting process for the erection of homes,"....

"...The women’s centre in Rufisque, Senegal is remarkable in many ways. Designed by a trio of young Finnish architects: Saija Hollmén, ...

"An architecture student in Berlin, took upon himself the cause of ensuring that his village would not be deprived of a school, and wit...

Standing like a majestic termite mound in the city of Timbuktu, the Timbuktu Mosque stands out as one of the most sophisticated ancient mud ...

Agama Energy is one of the leading companies, in the race to provide green energy solutions in Africa."...Based in Cape Town, South Af...

"...For well over a decade the Clay House Project has followed a program of patient investment in order to bring the ancient technology...

"...African textiles are one of his inspirations. " My mother used to sell handmade cloth and I reflect those patterns in all my b...

"...The Priory is an architectural landmark, designed and constructed by Demas Nwoko, who is acclaimed far and wide for his artistic a...