https://www.bizcommunity.com/417/492.html Rest of Africa Architecture and Planning news 15 Architecture & Design news - Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/417/492.html en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:37:40 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/492/221425.html A new global initiative has been launched to document the achievements of Black women architects from around the world. Called First 500, the initiative, founded and led by Tiara Hughes, aims to raise awareness about Black women architects and their accomplishments and will provide resources for students, practitioners and aspiring architects, and build a community for Black women in the field. 1-221425 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:58:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/492/218207.html The World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards has announced its 2021 shortlist, celebrating buildings and landscapes to have been completed across the globe between 2019 and 2021. The 200-strong shortlist has been selected from over 700 entries from countries ranging from China and Japan to Mexico and Ecuador. 1-218207 Thu, 22 Jul 2021 09:22:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/492/217401.html With skyscrapers climbing ever higher and unoccupied city areas increasingly scarce, demands on urban space are increasing. Making the most out of this space requires a careful balancing act between short-term human needs and long-term planetary benefits. 1-217401 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:39:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/492/216712.html Most people might not usually think of public space as being gendered, but this is how scholars of the built environment increasingly talk about it. In many countries, the architecture profession is largely male and White. That results in a design approach that privileges the male perspective, from licensing regimes that favour heterosexual male drinking establishments to parks and sports facilities built for boys. 1-216712 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/492/214796.html The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced four shortlisted architects for the 2021 Wheelwright Prize. The open international competition awards $100,000 to early-career architects to support new forms of architectural research. 1-214796 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:35:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/492/213176.html The MIT Department of Architecture has released the schedule for its 2021 online public programme. The lecture series is a collaboration between MIT's faculty, staff, and students of its Department of Architecture, which includes designers, historians, critics, theorists, and experts in computation. 1-213176 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:32:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/412/492/210501.html Adjaye Associates has revealed the design for the new Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) in Edo State, Southern Nigeria. Developed as part of the 'Rediscovering the history of Benin' initiative, the new development by The Legacy Restoration Trust (LRT), the British Museum and Adjaye Associates, will be a major new archaeology project in the region. 1-210501 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 09:14:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/492/202405.html The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has launched a new task force to inform public officials, healthcare facility owners and architects on adapting buildings into temporary healthcare facilities in an effort to support the coronavirus response. 1-202405 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 12:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/492/201076.html Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google's parent Alphabet, has released its new digital study for mass timber buildings that could reach 35 storeys in cities. The study has been developed as part of Sidewalk Labs' Mass Timber City in Toronto, which was scaled back after a vote held in November 2019. 1-201076 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 12:08:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/492/195781.html More than half of the world's population currently lives in cities while projections show an increase to two thirds by 2050. Many people living in small areas means large amounts of waste, high resource consumption and loads of energy use. We can combat these issues with the ideas behind the circular economy. 1-195781 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:15:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Architecture & Design Rest of Africa