Architecture and Design
The spaces that shape how we experience Africa. Profiles of the architects and designers redefining what the continent builds and inhabits.
Architecture, Cultural Curation
Nairobi, Kenya
Somali-Italian architect and co-founder of the first Pan-African Biennale of Architecture. Set to open in Nairobi in September 2026, the biennale will bring together all 54 African nations under a single theme: Shifting the Center: From Fragility to Resilience. Degan's mission is simple: let Africa tell its own story.
Coming SoonArchitecture, Urban Design
Lagos, Nigeria
Principal of cmDesign Atelier, one of Nigeria's most closely watched practices, and curator of the 2022 Pavilion of Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Her buildings and interiors bring African modernism into contemporary life.
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