Fairy tales are seen as outside of everyday concerns because they are seen to be unbelievable, disobeying the rules of time and space. Using the concept of a catalysis, the project address créolisation within the Cape Verdean archipelago in the form of a fictional tale.

Sarah Bartmann Centre of Remembrance In an open international architectural competition, the Department of Arts & Culture required the design of a remembrance centre that would honour and document the life of Sarah Bartmann as well as the heritage of the Khoi-San people.

Located at the heart of Kampala is an Innovation Hub for creatives. This hub aims to break the illusion between finished products and process as it pays tribute to the work put in by creatives. With sustainability strategies imbedded in the design, it is a prototype that can be replicated.

A decade-long relationship links the rural town of Ifakara in Tanzania with architecture students from Dar es Salaam & Lucerne/Switzerland. "Superdome" is the result of a 2-week international design/build workshop: an innovatively designed, cheap and effective multipurpose hall made of local bricks and teakwood poles.

Embedded in the rural Burundi mountainside, this 18-bed Staff Housing is a romance between East African elemental aesthetics and inventive off-the grid sustainability. The design responds to the concern that just because the villagers are poor, there was no reason why their housing could not be forward thinking and beautiful.

"The kasba of knowledge" is a college with architectural vocabulary inspired by the Moroccan heritage. Protected by a "wall" of ocher concrete and wrapped in a white "moucharabieh", this space aims to create an propitious atmosphere to learning by stimulating curiosity and the appetite for discovery.

The community of Chimphamba (Malawi) have been gathering for years in a church building that was near to collapse. The community has also outgrown the dilapidated building. A4AC designed and managed the construction of this building inspired by the existing and familiar elements in the community.

The Department of Higher Education and Training decided to build two new universities in Mpumalanga and in the Northern Cape. In 2013 an architectural competition was launched whereby architects throughout South Africa were invited to submit designs to be considered for an appointment for specific buildings for each university project.

H2OS is an eco-village prototype in Africa against desertification, school dropouts and emigration. It is an open-source, autonomous and sustainable project.