Moderating the dialogue between the traditional and the modern in the search for a new architecture for Africa. By Francis Kéré Mr. Kéré is an architect. This personal reflection is part of a series ...

Growing up in rural West Africa, Diébédo Francis Kéré and his friends would build makeshift shelters from clay, tree branches, and leaves when they got caught in the rain away from home. Decades later ...

Architects at the office of Mahmoud Riad looking over a maquette of the League of Arab States Building. Image © Cairo Since 1900 This article inaugurates a new ...

Some spaces feel easy the moment you step into them. They’re not styled to impress, not packed with things for the sake of visual interest, but they’re balanced in a way that makes daily life more ...

Historically, the Sahelian style is one of the earliest architectural styles in the region. It is characterized by the use of mud-brick and wood construction, elaborate decorative features, and ...