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Databases
Database of the Africa Centre The Contemporary Africa Database is a continuously growing, participatory online project, designed to provide easily accessible and current information concerning prominent Africans, African organizations, and dates in the African calendar.
African Journals Online (AJOL)
List of over 200 African magazines + description of each one with the possibility to order articles. Africa South of the Sahara
Prepared by Karen Fung for the Information and Communication Technology Group (ICTG), African Studies Association, USA, Stanford University. Browse by country, topic or Africa pages. Many interesting links.
Archinform-International Architectural Database
German database includes over 14000 built and unrealized projects from various architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme.
It's possible to look for a special project via an architect, town or keyword with the indices or by using a query form.
Archnet
ArchNet is an international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilisations. Very elaborate.
Greatbuildings Possibility to search by building, location or architect. Few cross-links and quite limited. Last updated 2005.
UPSpace
The University of Pretoria has digitized the larger part of their library. This has made a lot of interesting information available on line.
World Architects The website aims to provide an overview of the top architects in the world. Only a few countries have been covered so far, but they eagerly await new applications. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Africultures
French website with many articles and files on various themes. Up to date. Afrik.com
French website, founded in 2000. Very up to date. Latest news, also on art/culture. Mbolo
French website with links to other websites about Africa. Various subjects, but quite commercial. AFRICAserver, het leuke van afrika
Dutch initiative to highlight what is going well in Africa. Searching is possible in defined categories. Much attention is given to art/culture, less to architecture. Was on hold for a while but is now being updated again.
Archi-Mag
Archi-Mag is an online magazine on architecture from Tunis. It gives information on projects, competitions and the latest news on architecture in Tunis. The site also offers a list with some links to relevant websites. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gamlin Diop
Personal site by the Senegalese architect Gamlin Diop. Mainly about architecture in Senegal. George P. Landow
Personal site by George Landow, Professor of English and Art History at Brown University on the literature and culture of Zimbabwe Greenhome building
Website on sustainable architecture and natural building Jean-Paul Bourdier
Website of Jean-Paul Bourdier, co-author of African Spaces and Drawn from African Dwellings. Teaches design, drawing and photography in the department of architecture at UC Berkeley
Zambia Vernacular Architecture
Jon T. Sojkowski’s research on Vernacular architecture in Zambia Mysterious Mali
Travel report with photo’s by Robert Donald Matthews Amancio Guedes
Personal site by Cedric Green about the Portuguese architect/sculptor/painter Amancio (Pancho) Guedes, who spent most of his creative live in Mozambique. Very elaborate. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAIA South Africa Institute of Architects
This South African Institute is committed to the principle of striving to be an outstanding professional organisation that upholds the dignity of the profession and its members. It aims to promote excellence in architecture and seeks to contribute to the enhancement of society and the environment.
Union Internationale des Architects
The UIA's mission is to represent the community of architects and to promote their activities among professional organisations throughout the world. Africa is not very well represented. Up to date, however.
The Architect Africa Collective
The Architect Africa Collective is a private association of architects based in Johannesburg, South Africa. News items can be found as well as links to institutes and architects in Africa. Not complete, but interesting.
Ghana Institute of Architects
The website is shared by the Ghana institute of Architects and the Architects Registration Council of Ghana. It is a window to the practice and profession of architecture in the republic of Ghana.
Ordre National des Architectes du Maroc
Informative website with addresses of Moroccan architects and regulations on working as an architect in Morocco. In French. Ordre des Architectes du Sénégal
Informative website with addresses of Senegalese architects and regulations on working as an architect in Senegal. In French. L’Ordre des Architectes du Tunesie
Extended site on architecture in Tunis and links to other architecture sites. Union of Mediterranean Architects
Founded in Rabat (Morocco) in 1994, the Union of Mediterranean Architects (UMAR) draws together national organisations representative of architects from countries in and around the Mediterranean basin. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
University of Botswana
The Architecture programme admitted the first intake of students last August. Department of Architecture & Urban Planning of University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Department of Architecture and Urban Planning was established in 1963. It is one of the Departments in the Faculty of Technology of the Addis Ababa University offering a 5-year formal education in the field of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
In 1957, the School of Architecture, Town Planning and Building was inaugurated and its first students were admitted in January 1958 for professional courses in Architecture, Town Planning and Building. UCLAS University College of Lands and Architectural Studies, Tanzania
In July 1996, UCLAS became a Constituent College of the University of Dar Es Salaam (UDSM). UCLAS has two faculties namely the Faculty of Lands and Environmental Engineering and the Faculty of Architecture and Planning. University of the Witwatersrand, South-Africa
The School of Architecture and Planning jointly hosts the Centre for Urban and Built Environment Studies (CUBES). Ain Shams University, Egypt
Ain Shams University was established in 1950 under the name of Ibrahim Pasha University. The University awards the following degrees: Bachelor of Science, Higher Diplomas, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in engineering
Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
The Department of Architecture was established as a distinct academic unit in 1982 when it became a department in the newly created Faculty of Environmental Design and Management. Tampere University of Technology
Study program of University of Tampere (Finland) on AFRICAN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING University of Natal, Durban; School of Architecture, Housing and Planning
research interests: Architecture - pre-colonial urban settlements to present, traditional African architecture, and evolution of settlements, educational buildings and learning space development; Urban design - neighbourhood design, urban centre redevelopment, revitalization/ regeneration of urban centres, waterfront developments and tourist destinations, transformation of African cities, public realm and spaces
University of Wisconsin-Madison African Art and Architecture; course spring 2005
EPA
EPA is located in Porto-Novo, Benin. It is a postgraduate university institution, specialised in the preservation and promotion of both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. It trains heritage professionals from 26 sub-Saharan African countries. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASC Leiden, Afrika Studie Centrum Leiden
The African Studies Centre in Leiden is the only academic research institute in the Netherlands devoted entirely to the study of Africa. It welcomes African scholars through its visiting fellowship programme, has a monthly seminar programme and an extensive library that is open to the general public.
Niza, Nederlands Instituut voor Zuidelijk Afrika
In view of the very unequal global distribution of power, wealth and opportunities the Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NiZA), evolved from the anti-apartheid movement, declares its solidarity with the people of southern Africa, seeking to help them find structural solutions in their fight against poverty, injustice and inequality.
Africa Centre
The Africa Centre aims to promote positive awareness about Africa and to help to empower the African diaspora in the UK and to support Africa's development aspirations.
KIT, Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen
The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) is an independent centre of knowledge and expertise in the areas of international and intercultural cooperation. The aims of KIT are to contribute to sustainable development, poverty alleviation, and cultural preservation and exchange.
Artsite Africa
American site with lots of links on all art-related subjects including architecture.
African art & architecture KMT Space
American site about African and Western art & architecture. Interesting projects but not complete. City of Modernism Website on Asmara – City of Modernism
OCPA
OCPA, the Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa, is an independent pan-African non-governmental organisation aiming to enhance the development of national cultural policies in the region and their integration in human development strategies.
Association La Voûte Nubienne
Website of the Association la Voûte Nubienne (AVN). The key objective of AVN is to promote the use of the VN technique as a valid alternative to other building methods in Burkina Faso and neighbouring countries of the Sahel. In English and French. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
African Architecture Network
The Belgian foundation Africalia has created an interactive platform called AANet (African Architecture Network), which can be used to discuss all kinds of issues concerning African architecture.
World architecture
World architecture is supposed to become the home page for all architects in the world. Registered users can add information on buildings, architects, articles, images and everything else the editors approve of.
Open Architecture Network
OAN is an online, open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design.
