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Urko Sánchez: Innovation, Identity and Implementation

“We need to be innovative in how we translate African traditional architecture in response to contemporary needs, otherwise we risk losing part of the culture. At all costs we should avoid ‘fast food architecture’ that results in spaces without identity.”

Kunlé Adeyemi: a new way of making

Kunlé Adeyemi in discussion with Prof. Lesley Lokko. Head of the Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg. 11 August 2016, MOAD, Maboneng, Johannesburg.

The architect’s role in society

The critical question of the architects’ role and relevance in society was put under the spotlight at the Association of Ethiopian Architects’ 18th Annual Convention and Exhibition held at the Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa on the 19th and 20th of August.

See who is on the Steering Panel for Africa’s first architecture awards program

7 prominent African architects join us during ArchiWeek in Maboneng, Johannesburg from the 22rd of June to the 26th of June 2016 to discuss African Architecture and to draw up the criteria and categories for Africa’s first comprehensive architecture awards program.

Social Gain 2017 / Saint-Gobain sponsor the Architect Africa Film Festival

Following on the success of the Social Gain 2015 Architecture Awards the 2017 Awards Program entry submission format will once again be in the form of movies.

A visual fly through the surface of a city with some key facts that frame the city's current status and it's projected growth.

Steering Panel Outcomes Update

The Steering Panel Chaired by Professor Lesley Lokko share their thinking and decisions on the Africa Architecture Awards 2017 in this public panel discussion held in Maboneng in June 2016.

ArchiWeek: Platforming Conversations on Architecture

For 5 days in June 2016 Johannesburg's inner city experienced a unique and collaborative coming together of architectural practitioners, students, interested parties and the public in a celebration of and conversation around, architecture and urbanism in Africa.

Public participation workshop with Social Gain 2015 winner Kate Otten Architects

Kate Otten Architects won the ADOPT category in the inaugural awards in 2015. The Saint-Gobain Foundation will be working with Adopt-a-School to build an upgrade for the Motshegafadiwa School, Hammanskraal as per the winning submission.

Kunlé Adeyemi: a new way of making

Kunlé Adeyemi in discussion with Prof. Lesley Lokko. Head of the Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg. 11 August 2016, MOAD, Maboneng, Johannesburg.

ArchiWeek: Platforming Conversations on Architecture

For 5 days in June 2016 Johannesburg's inner city experienced a unique and collaborative coming together of architectural practitioners, students, interested parties and the public in a celebration of and conversation around, architecture and urbanism in Africa.

Social Gain 2017 / Saint-Gobain sponsor the Architect Africa Film Festival

Following on the success of the Social Gain 2015 Architecture Awards the 2017 Awards Program entry submission format will once again be in the form of movies.