African Architecture Matters

African Architecture Matters is a registered foundation, with the aim to • Build knowledge on African Architecture & Urbanism • Maintain a knowledge centre on African Architecture • Deliver services, initiate, support and facilitate projects in the field of architecture, with an affiliation to African architecture Architecture in Africa is much richer than is commonly known. On issues like; private, semi private and public spaces, individuality versus collectiveness, formal versus informal, sustainability, all issues which we urgently have to deal with in Western planning and often fail to address successfully, experiences can be learned from the African continent. African Architecture Matters ensures that valuable knowledge regarding ar-chitectural & urban developments that take place on the continent can be made comprehensively available for practi-cal, educational and scientific use.After years of experience in Africa, both in design practice and in architectural debate and research, the founders of African Architecture Mat-ters offer a knowledge and service centre concerning African architecture. African Architecture Matters has been established by the co-founders of ArchiAfrika.