African Architecture
Architecture and design projects across Africa, exploring local materials, sustainable practices, and cultural contexts.
Maison Bignon Sossou Weaves a Bamboo Canopy over a Rammed Earth Vodun Temple in Ouidah
In the coastal village of Toligbé, Benin, a 770 m² temple to Mami Dan pairs banded rammed earth with woven bamboo to give living Vodun ritual a home.
LOCALARCHITECTURE Shades a Swiss Diplomat's Abidjan Residence under a Folded Concrete Roof
In Abidjan, a 305 m² residence for Switzerland's deputy head of mission pairs perforated brick, board-marked concrete and a planted courtyard.
LA VAGUE D'ASSINIE
A Bioclimatic Tropical Hotel on the Ivorian Coast Assinie, Côte d'Ivoire · 1.5 ha · Hospitality & Leisure Raphael Bienvenu A. Abidjan School of Architecture
Kéré Architecture Builds the First Purpose-Built Goethe-Institut Around a Baobab Tree in Dakar
A compressed laterite earth campus in Senegal channels bioclimatic wisdom and oral culture traditions into a new civic landmark.
A Chapel in the Woods: A Buried Ethiopian Sanctuary That Replants the Forest Around It
An Editor's Choice Eco-Chapel entry buries its sanctuary in Ethiopian earth and grows a branching native forest from communal clearings to solitude.
GLH Architects Wraps Pretoria's Ivory Coast Embassy in a Woven White Screen
A 1,200 m² diplomatic building on Government Avenue channels West African craft traditions into a perforated oval facade among jacaranda trees.
Dakar International Congress Center: A Landmark of Contemporary African Architecture by Tabanlıoğlu Architects
A contemporary congress center inspired by Senegal’s baobab trees, featuring reflective water, metal mesh façades, and unified spaces for global diplomatic gatherings.
Lagos Wooden Tower: A Porous LVL Skyscraper That Rethinks How Africa Builds Tall
Hermann Kamte's WAFX-winning timber tower for Ikoyi stacks LVL grids, lattice screens and planted terraces into a breathable vertical neighbourhood.
African Museum of Art and History: Biomimicry as Cultural Architecture in Yaoundé
A shortlisted thesis proposes a porous, wood-driven museum that fuses biomimetic form with African craft, memory, and positive-energy performance.
African Flow Kindergarten: A Revolutionary Educational Architecture in Cameroon
African Flow Kindergarten in Cameroon blends ancestral architecture, local materials, and sustainable design to create fluid, educational, and community-centered learning spaces.
Awulai Ashia & Nkyinkyim Exhibition at Gagosian London: A Fusion of Art and Architecture
The Awulai Ashia & Nkyinkyim exhibition fuses Amoako Boafo’s portraits with immersive West African-inspired architecture, highlighting community, resilience, and cultural storytelling.
BAMA House by L'Africaine d'Architecture – Sustainable Coastal Living in Ghana
BAMA House in Ghana by L'Africaine d'Architecture blends rammed-earth construction, sustainable local materials, and climate-responsive design for multi-generational coastal living.
