When Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, came to Senegal last February for an economic summit, he took a break from conference rooms in the capital city of Dakar to get his hands dirty, ...

After independence in 1960, the country cast off western influences and forged a new African style full of triangular forms, rocket-shaped obelisks and rammed earth. Is this spirit now being ...

Swiss studio Manuel Herz Architects has designed a brick facade for a hospital in eastern Senegal that has been turned into a school by local contractor Magueye Ba. The school, in a village south of ...

The new domain : architecture at the time of liberation / Manuel Herz -- Ghana -- Architecture after independence / Hannah Le Roux -- Senegal -- Henri Chomette : Africa as a terrain of architectural ...

The dearth of literature on African architecture has long been a source of frustration for the continent’s design community. The last decade, however, has seen a gradual change, as young designers ...

The tradition of constructing of buildings from red clay in African countries like Senegal - known as earthen architecture - is slowly dying out, due to concrete becoming more popular as a building ...

Mamy Tall explains: ‘I have always been passionate about architecture, I have always imagined it as a humanistic profession. I dedicated my work to informing people about the importance of planning ...

Nka Foundation announces a call for entries for its 5th Earth Architecture Competition: Designing a Rural Arts Center for Senegal, an international architecture competition open to professionals and ...

Three students in Senegal started a construction company that uses raw earth bricks. Raw earth bricks keep a building cool naturally, reducing the need for air conditioning. The bricks are also ...

South Carolina State University will host a celebration of history professor Dr. Dior Konaté's new book, "Prison Architecture and Punishment in Colonial Senegal," at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29. The ...