Section
Design
Buildings, materials and the quiet decisions that shape how Accra looks.
Design is where the city makes its arguments visible: a facade, a shade structure, a threshold, a wall that decides who belongs on which side. We look at what gets built, and at what the building is trying to say.
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8 November 2026 / 11 min read
Accra After the Waterfront
A decade of new civic buildings has changed how the city faces the sea, and how it argues with itself.
Ama Boateng
29 October 2026 / 8 min read
The Slow Return of the Veranda
A younger generation of architects is reopening the shaded threshold between street and home.
Kwesi Mensah