•make your fridays matter with a well-read weekend
by Aarthi Mohan Sep 01, 2025
Built with local materials and geographic metaphors, the kindergarten in Cameroon provides a learning environment shaped by the climate, culture and community.
by Aarthi Mohan Aug 08, 2025
In a contemplative conversation with STIR, Somali-Italian architect Omar Degan outlines a biennale shaped not by spectacle, but by resistance, pedagogy and presence.
by Almas Sadique Apr 25, 2025
In conversation with STIR, Dominique Petit-Frère, co-founder of Limbo Accra, discusses the studio’s overarching motivations, ethos, intent and disparate outputs.
by Simran Gandhi Dec 27, 2024
A visionary off-grid campus in Rwanda that integrates agriculture, conservation and sustainable design for a thriving future.
by STIRworld Dec 18, 2024
By weaving spirituality, history and innovation, CCSE aims to reimagine Africa’s cultural and architectural future in Notsè, Togo.
by Akash Singh Nov 15, 2024
Built by Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V, the Rising Star School Buildings in Hopley demonstrate resourcefulness and enable the right to education with resilient learning practices.
by Dhwani Shanghvi May 16, 2024
Speaking with STIR, DeRoché Strohmayer studio discusses the process of enhancing an existing surf club into a vibrant community space in a fishing village in Ghana.
by Devanshi Shah Jan 18, 2024
Ghanaian-Scottish architect, educator, author and curator, Lesley Lokko, is awarded the RIBA Gold Medal for “championing diverse approaches to architectural practice and education.”
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Dec 21, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with African architect Kunlé Adeyemi, who champions learning from traditional techniques and envisions building “waterscrapers” instead of skyscrapers.
by Anmol Ahuja Dec 14, 2023
The theoretical backing of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial’s sophomore edition, curated by Tosin Oshinowo, structuralises an antithesis to colonial architectural remnants.
by Almas Sadique Nov 27, 2023
The residence in Côte d'Ivoire, designed and built by Aznar + Tailly, embraces the courtyard style of building, albeit in a contemporaneous manner.
by Zohra Khan Nov 17, 2023
The Ghanaian architect and academic discusses the need to confront design with a questioning lens, and the intertwining of architecture and politics in his practice.
by Anushka Sharma Oct 04, 2023
For ‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Power in West Africa,’ V&A partners with Architectural Association and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to view decolonisation through an architectural lens.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Aug 23, 2023
Vladimir Belogolovsky talks to Stanley Saitowitz about growing up in South Africa, his Transvaal House inspired by the local vernacular, and his subsequent work in America.
by Afra Safa Aug 16, 2023
A venture by BE_Design in Rwanda, the Komera Leadership Centre is a cost-efficient and flexible building for the local community to empower women and girls.
by Jincy Iype Jul 21, 2023
Following the panel on ‘Rethinking Resources - How To Do More With Less,’ Kéré emphasised the power of utilising local resources in conversation with STIR.
by STIRworld Jun 10, 2023
Sumayya Vally pays homage to Congo’s Paul Panda Farnana with her biophilic design that articulates the journey of the colonial history and migrant communities of Vilvoorde.
by Zohra Khan May 23, 2023
The 32° East Arts Centre in Uganda features an ingenious layering of local materials and passive techniques and is the first purpose-built community arts space in the region.
by Pallavi Mehra Feb 28, 2023
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare’s Ecology Green Farm in southwestern Nigeria, showcases vernacular architecture and is made using locally sourced materials.
by Jerry Elengical Sep 07, 2022
As the new headquarters for one of the country’s largest telecommunications providers, the structure, located in the city of Abidjan, blends green terraces and interactive zoning.
by Jincy Iype May 13, 2022
Built by Associative Data proposes The Tower of Life in Africa, an energy-positive construction wrapped with an onsite "printed earth membrane" that operates as a living system.
by Anmol Ahuja May 05, 2022
Designed as a series of interlinked building clusters inspired by tectonic boulder faces in the region, this school by GASS Architecture Studios hails local, sustainable construction.
by Anmol Ahuja Feb 21, 2022
A monastery by Localworks, rebuilt into its current sustainable and uniquely spiritual form following damage by an earthquake, suitably responds to a complex, implied brief.
by STIRworld Feb 04, 2022
Gates brings together the bottle kiln of industrial Britain and a bell from a demolished American church to create the Serpentine Pavilion, with support from Adjaye Associates.
by Sukanya Deb Jan 26, 2022
In part two of the three-part series on Chennai Photo Biennale, STIR looks at the British architectural movement that translated to public architecture in Lagos and Ibadan, Nigeria.
by Anmol Ahuja Nov 24, 2021
Located in Botswana, Xigera showcases the world’s largest collection of bespoke art and design from South Africa commissioned by Southern Guild Gallery, encapsulating a unique experience.
by Anmol Ahuja Jun 15, 2021
STIR discusses the Kenyan visual artist and architect duo's idea of a utopian African future through KEJA and the Anthropocene Museum at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
by Nicholas Coetzer Jan 08, 2021
Prof. Coetzer discusses the portrayal of Rich’s architecture through the lens of the vernacular, probing into territorial relationships developed over time, in the book by Jonathan Noble.
by Zohra Khan Nov 24, 2020
Featuring eight granary-styled cylindrical forms in rammed earth, The Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library in Johannesburg is set to become the epicenter for African Renaissance.
by Francois Bredenkamp Sep 25, 2020
Francois Bredenkamp of Boogertman + Partners writes about the state of 'Guerrilla Urbanism' that exists in Africa and the opportunities this pandemic has brought in terms of innovation.
by STIRworld Sep 21, 2020
On his birthday today, STIR celebrates David Adjaye by sharing some interesting facts about the architect who is known for building projects with an artist’s sensibility and vision.
by Ronitaa Italia Jun 27, 2019
Framed by sandy beaches and boulder outcrops, this stunning Cape Town home by SAOTA enjoys the best of both worlds.
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