Author Archives: Esra Akcan

Abdel Moneim Mustafa (1930–)

By Esra Akcan 28 May 2024 Reputations

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The Sudanese modernist distanced himself from colonial architects, paving the way for a postcolonial cosmopolitanism in architecture

Juba, Sudan – Southern Sudan seeks to build a giant rhinoceros-shaped city

22 September 2010 By Lesley Lokko

The pursuit of political independence… and a city shaped like a rhinoceros

Queen elizabeth tamale ghana president kwame nkrumah architectural review index

Shady democracy: shelter from the sun is a public resource

14 April 2020 By Lesley Lokko

Shelter from the sun in urban Africa is a public resource and…

The cover of AR 1511, Democracy. The cover depicts queues to vote in the first election after apartheid in South Africa

AR May 2024: Democracy

7 May 2024 By Manon Mollard, Eleanor Beaumont and Kristina Rapacki

51N4E | Jaspers-Eyers Architects | l’AUC | HCP | Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven…

Renée Gailhoustet (1929–2023)

11 October 2024 By Nichola Barrington‑Leach

Designing for the ‘red suburbs’ of Paris, the architect and urbanist created…

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