r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 15h ago

Central Africa Historic Mobutu Sese Seko Palace, DRC

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219 Upvotes

4 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 1d ago

Central Africa Up Station, Bamenda, Cameroon

204 Upvotes

2 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 2d ago

East Africa Teacher’s College, Uganda

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1.2k Upvotes

5 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 3d ago

Southern Africa Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Mozambique

409 Upvotes

6 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 4d ago

North Africa Historic Dar Bishi Synagogue, Libya

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195 Upvotes

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r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 5d ago

Southern Africa Holyrood Luxury Apartments, Cape Town

191 Upvotes

2 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 6d ago

North Africa Chenini, Tunisia

487 Upvotes

4 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 6d ago

Southern Africa The South African Embassy in Berlin

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570 Upvotes

3 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 7d ago

West Africa Dominican Chapel, Ibadan

153 Upvotes

1 comment

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 8d ago

West Africa Ancient Igbo Architecture by Wole Soyinka, 1964

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1.6k Upvotes

26 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 10d ago

West Africa Planned Niamey Cultural Center by Mariam Issoufou, Niger

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873 Upvotes

3 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 11d ago

North Africa Cairo

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1.3k Upvotes

14 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 12d ago

West Africa Delta, Nigeria

692 Upvotes

5 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Ok_Parsnip_7029 • 11d ago

East Africa Does anybody have photos of Addis Ababa (residential areas) before Italian occupation?

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5 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 12d ago

East Africa The Baha'i Temple of Uganda

436 Upvotes

2 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 13d ago

North Africa The White City, Morocco

337 Upvotes

3 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 13d ago

West Africa The Stone Cities of Ancient West Africa

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741 Upvotes

13 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 14d ago

Southern Africa Moteng, Lesotho

1.5k Upvotes

16 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 14d ago

West Africa Historic Morning Star Fraternity, Liberia

224 Upvotes

12 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 15d ago

West Africa Le N'Gor Restaurant, Senegal

890 Upvotes

8 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 15d ago

Southern Africa The Tropicana Hotel, Cape Town

521 Upvotes

11 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 15d ago

West Africa The Glass Residence, Abuja

119 Upvotes

5 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 16d ago

North Africa Tataouine Granary, Tunisia

1.2k Upvotes

8 comments

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Zserxes • 16d ago

Southern Africa Mukuni Village, Zambia

240 Upvotes

1 comment

r/AfricanArchitecture • u/Low_Advantage_1099 • 17d ago

West Africa Ngarannam Resettlement Housing, Northern Nigeria

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1.1k Upvotes

14 comments

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