Author Archives: Frank Steinhofer

Traces of violence in Windhoek

By Frank Steinhofer 22 May 2024 Essays

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The architecture of German colonialism and South African apartheid persists in the capital of Namibia, one of Africa’s youngest democracies

AR Reading List 064: empire and coloniality

4 June 2022 By AR Editors

The latest instalment of our series of AR Reading Lists: seven carefully…

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Reparations as reconstruction

23 February 2024 By Huda Tayob

Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò’s Reconsidering Reparations argues that reparations for racial injustice 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…

Brasilia protestors at Oscar Neimeyer's capitol complex

Democratic designs: show me what democracy looks like

8 May 2024 By Jan-Werner Müller

Democratic processes are inherently spatial, but the buildings and environments that house…

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Capital gains: ZIN by 51N4E, Jaspers-Eyers Architects and l’AUC

9 May 2024 By Christophe Van Gerrewey

The transformation of the World Trade Center in Brussels into a home…

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Centre of power: Egypt’s New Administrative Capital

16 May 2024 By Yasmine El Rashidi

The New Administrative Capital in Egypt, built 60km east of Tahrir Square, excludes…

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