“Any time there’s been a shift in technology, you see a shift in how people create buildings. How will the world unfold when we’re not the only voice?”The global impact of young architects of African descent is another theme. The Tavares brothers grew up in South London to parents from Jamaica and Grenada who considered themselves Pan-Africanists. “We were always encouraged to think of ourselves as being from the African Diaspora,” Gaika Tavares said. Sumayya Vally, the founder of the architecture firm Counterspace, was born in South Africa to Muslim parents from India and lives in London and Johannesburg.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 20, 2023 22:32 UTC