The primary entry mechanism for the Awards is film. As an engaging and easily accessible medium for the creation of dialogue, together with available technologies extending to mobile devices and social media, film becomes a highly democratic form of market engagement.

Luis Urbano – arquiteto, produtor, diretor e acadêmico – visitou recentemente a África do Sul para participar na primeira discussão do painel do Comitê Diretivo para os Prêmios da Arquitetura África, e atuou de orador convidado no Festival de Filme da Arquitetura África 2016 (Architect Africa Film Festival 2016).

Designer, brands expert and entrepreneur - “From a macro perspective, Africa needs to look beyond product design to design thinking – the design of processes, policies and business models that allow people to prototype their way out of problems.”

As Ambassador for the Africa Architecture Awards 2017 Phill Mashabane believes that the Awards will play a significant role in shaping the future of African architecture by encouraging professionals to recognise Africa as a diverse and unique continent.

In a profession that is increasingly expected to operate in multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder environments, where technology and easy travel have made it possible for architects to practice simultaneously in multi-contextual realities, teaching architecture is rapidly evolving beyond the realm of the design studio.

A Premiação da Arquitetura Africana pretende celebrar excelência de design e promover uma consciência ampliada do papel e a importância de arquitetura em toda a África.

“Every step of this undertaking ( Chocolat Residential ) has been a design process – from designing the legal framework that would allow the projects to happen, to the financing and marketing of projects, to the way in which ‘house rules’ are implemented for occupants,”

Through their work, craftsmen provide a link between culture, identity, & how craft pieces are imbued with value. Every article made embodies everything related to its making – in contemplation of an article, all things about the article are carried within the article.

A Premiação da Arquitetura Africana 2017 motiva todos os profissionais arquitetônicos no continente Africano a submeterem o seu trabalho através de um processo de submissão digital altamente transparente e facilmente acessível