The move comes amid growing momentum in the region’s industrial transformation, marked by strong policy shifts in Nigeria, ...

How West African Textiles Shaped a Southern California Bungalow. Bruce Damonte. Susan Nwankpa Gillespie, an architect in Southern California, wanted to create a larger home for her family.

A s an urban planner, Marina Martos Dabel was dreaming about adding an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, long before she and her husband, Dr. Pascal Dabel, purchased their Silver Lake home in 2016.

Timber slats topping the two-level indoor/outdoor plan recall the weave of kente cloth. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers ...

African fabric art is a colorful and diverse representation of culture, showcasing the continent's rich tapestry of talent ...

This two-story accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, in Silver Lake is fresh, fun, playful, sophisticated. It serves as housing for friends and family. The chic textile-inspired ADU originally was ...

FORT MOSE 1738, a designer fashion collection, is on display at the St. Augustine Art Association.. The eclectic collection of textiles, handcrafted in Accra, the capital of the West African ...

On July 5, 2024, the exhibition Blue Africa: Stories Woven In Indigo, opened at the Nike Art Gallery in Abuja, Nigeria. Curated by a Spanish Gallery, MAMAH ...

As an urban planner, Marina Martos Dabel was dreaming about adding an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, long before she and her husband, Dr Pascal Dabel, purchased their Silver Lake home in Los ...

Photographer: "Nwankpa Design, led by Susan Nwankpa Gillespie, has designed Textile House #1, an ADU in the Silver Lake ...

An architect in Southern California wanted to create a larger home for her family. She was inspired, in part, by West African textiles and a dress she wore as a teenager.

Homeowners Dr. Pascal Dabel, right, gives his son Lucien, 3, a kiss while spending time with his wife Marina and son Lorenzo, 7, in front of "Textile House #1," an ADU they had built in Silver ...