“The wind of change is blowing through this continent,” declared British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in the Ghanaian capital Accra in 1960. “Whether we like it or not, this growth of national ...

"My childhood in Hong Kong was shaped by a particular style of building," said Calvin Po in The Spectator: market halls with brise-soleils – slatted screens – shielding us from the midday glare; ...

Tourists flock to Miami Beach to stroll the streets lined with the city-defining art deco design. But the wave of permanent transplants to the city is staying for the tropical modernism that has for ...

Undeniably, art deco is the typical design style that comes to mind when people discuss Miami’s architecture. In fact, Miami Beach deco has its own subcategory of the Roaring Twenties style, made ...

As curator of the 2023 Venice architecture biennale, the Ghanaian-Scottish architect, Lesley Lokko, has chosen to highlight the African continent as “the laboratory of the future”. But as well as ...

There’s no question that climate change is intensifying. If we’re not experiencing a record-breaking deep freeze in the winter, we’re dealing with scorching heat waves. One of the most serious ...

Though there’s been a design pivot to incorporate more indoor and outdoor living and more washed and stylistic use of concrete in recent years, tropical brutalism isn’t new. It’s a design style that’s ...

Humid environments present some of the most complex challenges in architectural design. From the tropical monsoon season of Southeast Asia to the equatorial heat of Central Africa, these environments ...

Architecture in the Global South often embodies a rich cultural heritage and craftsmanship, incorporating vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and symbolic elements. It also tackles the challenges ...