https://www.bizcommunity.com/412/492.html West Africa Architecture and Planning news 15 Architecture & Design news - West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/412/492.html en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:31:24 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/492/238717.html Presented since 1979, the Venice Architecture Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) is possibly the most influential architecture exhibition in the world. For the first time, this year's edition is curated by an African architect, Lesley Lokko. She has ensured that a strong African presence is the central feature of the show. Indeed, the 2023 exhibition is part of an undeniable shift towards a more just representation in global architecture. 1-238717 Thu, 25 May 2023 10:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/492/234663.html Designed by Samira Rathod Design Atelier, the Cool House in Bharuch, Gujarat is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture that successfully addresses the challenges posed by the local climate. Specifically, the design intends to alleviate the extreme summer heat that is characteristic of the arid region. 1-234663 Fri, 23 Dec 2022 11:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/492/234124.html Drones are already shaping the face of our cities - used for building planning, heritage, construction and safety enhancement. But, as studies by the UK's Department of Transport have found, swathes of the public have a limited understanding of how drones might be practically applied. 1-234124 Fri, 02 Dec 2022 10:03:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/209/360/232167.html German-led engineering firm CPS is building the world's tallest green building - a 28-storey apartment tower designed in hybrid timber technology. Named Burj Zanzibar, the high-rise is designed to stand 96 metres tall and would be Africa's first sustainable high-rise. 1-232167 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 14:57:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/484/231468.html South African visual artist Bronwyn Katz and Ghanaian author Ayesha Harruna Attah have been selected as mentees in the 2023-2024 cycle of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. 1-231468 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:47:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/35/492/228514.html Architect Diebedo Francis Kere, recognised globally for his innovative, sustainable designs, was feted as a hero in Burkina Faso over the weekend, on his first hometown visit after getting the profession's top award. 1-228514 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/80/492/227761.html FBW Group has been appointed as architect and design consultant, and structural and MEP engineer on development work at the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in Fajara. It is designing a new accommodation block and a training centre, totalling around 2,000m2. 1-227761 Thu, 12 May 2022 08:41:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/492/226252.html Diébédo Francis Kéré has become the first African and the first Black person to be awarded architecture's highest international honour, the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Kéré was born in Burkina Faso, West Africa, and built his architectural practice designing schools and medical facilities that were most often built by local communities with minimal resources and a very careful selection of affordable and sustainable materials. It was this approach that led to his architecture firm receiving global recognition. We asked architect and African architecture researcher Paulo Moreia to tell us more about Kéré and his win. 1-226252 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:22:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com.gh/Article/83/492/225080.html Ghanian-British architect David Adjaye, the founder of Adjaye Associates, has been awarded the inaugural Charlotte Perriand Award, an award created by the Créateurs Design Association & Awards (CDA). 1-225080 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:28:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design West Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com.gh/Article/83/492/224801.html Located in the Airport City district of Accra, Ghana, next to the Kotoka International Airport, the seven-storey Atlantic Tower II is set on a corner site adjacent to the completed 12-storey Atlantic Tower I office building. It consists of a total 4,500m2 GLA. Design from MDS Architecture has evolved the partially built Atlantic Tower II into a commercial office building. 1-224801 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:36:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design West Africa