Updates & Insights
What people had to say about the awards
12/12/2017
Hear from the Steering Panel, The Master Jury, the Shortlisted Finalists and some of the Winners about what the impact and the outcomes of the Africa Architecture Awards are for them.
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Insights from Master Juror Prof Edgar Pieterse
24/10/2017
"I found it profound that we have students on the continent who are able to bring together a fine reading of context and really imaginative responses to some of the most insoluble crises we face on the continent" Prof Edgar Pieterse explains why the Speculative category was one of the highlights of being a Master Juror.
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Insights from Master Juror Guillaume Koffi
19/10/2017
Guillaume Koffi outlines the criteria he felt important for evaluating entries and raises the question of whether African architecture should be introspective or embrace international inputs.
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Overview of the Grand Prix winner, Umkhumbane Museum, by Rod Choromanski
26/10/2017
Rod Choromanski invites critical feedback on his projects, welcomes the dialogue opportunity created by the Africa Architecture Awards and outlines the design intent of the Umkhumbane Museum.
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Meet the Shortlist Finalists
21/10/2017
Hear directly from some of the Africa Architecture Awards Shortlisted Finalists about their projects and their experience of the Awards.
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Insights from Master Juror Anna Abengowe
17/10/2017
Anna Abengowe comments on the "astonishing and encouraging" depth of talent observed in the entries into the 2017 Africa Architecture Awards.
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Hear from the trophy winners
24/10/2017
The Africa Architecture Awards' trophy winners in the Critical Dialogue, Emerging Voices and Speculative categories talk about how it feels to be a winner in these inaugural Pan-Africa Architecture Awards.
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Insights from Master Juror Tanzeem Razak
20/10/2017
Tanzeem Razak highlights the talent seen in the Speculative and the Emerging Voices categories "They showed us that there is so much hope in architecture, and so much hope in the African perspective. They are showing us the way into the future."
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Patron of the awards Sir David Adjaye comments on the Africa Architecture Awards
16/10/2017
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