A History Of Hausa Architecture

The Hausa are the largest ethnic group in West and Central Africa made up of a diverse but culturally homogeneous people, predominantly based in the Sahelian and savannah areas of southern Niger and northern Nigeria. Today, with close to 82 million descendants and significant indigenised populations spread across Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Chad, Sudan, Republic…

Temples Of Books: Magnificent Libraries Around The World

Repositories of knowledge, sites of learning, and sources of inspiration and connection, libraries are much more than collections of books. Among the world’s most inclusive and democratic places, they are exemplary instances of architecture that represent the societies that built them. Berlin-based publishing house gestalten’s latest title, Temples of Books, celebrates the world’s oldest and…

6 Architecture Graduates Reimagining The Future Of The City

London is home to a number of outstanding and forward-thinking architecture schools, among them, the Bartlett School of Architecture, the Architectural Association, and the Royal College of Art, to name a few. While cities become increasingly overcrowded and the pandemic has shed a new light on the need for space, and resources are spread increasingly…

A Curators’ Guide To Chennai Photo Biennale’s Third Edition

The third edition of Chennai Photo Biennale, titled Maps of Disquiet, is open to viewers until 6 February 2022 with exhibitions spanning physical and virtual forms, showcasing works by artists from across the world. Alongside the virtual presentations discoverable online, physical exhibitions are currently being hosted in public spaces across the city of Chennai, India,…

Why 2021 Was The Year Of The Fashion Collaboration

In an unrelenting effort to generate conversation and ultimately sell more, many of fashion’s mainstays joined forces, almost simultaneously, over this past year, coming together to produce novel and highly collectible bodies of work spanning everything from garments and leather goods, to footwear and jewellery. The excitement around these co-ed collections has certainly embedded itself…

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