East African Traditional Architecture
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Central African Traditional Architecture
Cameroon
Cameroon
West African Traditional Architecture
Burkina Faso
Mali
South African Traditional Architecture
Eswatini
Madagascar
North African Traditional Architecture
Adrar Algeria
Algeria
Global - African Traditional Architecture
South Carolina, USA
Rebuilding
Indigenous African Architecture
We are a passionate community committed to preserving, celebrating, and reimagining indigenous African Architecture. Through travel, conversation, and cultural exchange, we create opportunities for indigenous communities to connect and share their architectural knowledge. Our open forum encourages meaningful dialogue, while our investment in research, digitization and resource hubs ensures that indigenous building traditions are documented, shared and passed on to future generations.
Our Work
BE PART OF THE CHANGELearn about our key initiatives and resource hubs
African Traditional Architecture Digital Archive
We are building a comprehensive database of Indigenous African architecture from pre-colonial Africa to date. Our goal is to preserve the knowledge, and inspire future generations to live sustainably. Anyone can upload photos and contribute towards the database.
African Traditional Decor & Interior Design
If you desire to start building your dream home based on the foundation of our ancestors knowledge, but don't know where to start. We hope the design inspirations here will help you get started. We have a combination of paid and free resources based on the contributions of our experts.
Database of African Builders, Architects & Designers
This is a database of Indigenous African builders, designers and architects who are passionate about helping the community to build their homes. Our goal is to connect home owners to African professionals that specialize in preserving, and rebuilding indigenous African Architecture.