Eritrea's capital Asmara is home to one of the world's best collections of futurist architecture. The is bidding to become the nation's first UNESCO World Heritage site. Once a sleepy corner of the ...

Much of what we create—clothing, furniture, buildings—is plotted with an eye toward an imagined future. More often than not, we imagine that future incorrectly. Eli Durst’s photographs frequently ...

World Bank building, Asmara (all images, courtesy of the author) Asmara is itself a giant monument to colonial folly. When it comes to architecture, the Italians simply lost their heads. —Michela ...

Asmara — The branch office of the Rental Houses Commission in the Central region has disbursed around 6 million Nakfa towards renovating aesthetical and historical buildings in different parts of ...

The Fiat Tagliero in Eritrea is described as the world’s most beautiful petrol station. Built to resemble an aeroplane in flight, with 18m solid concrete wings that soar over the pumps below, the ...

Berlin — A photographic exhibition depicting the architectural structure of the buildings in Asmara city has opened in Berlin, Germany on October 2, in the presence of the Eritrea's Ambassador to ...

Located on an highland plateau at the centre of Eritrea, Asmara, a Modernist city of Africa is the capital of the country and is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a colonial planned city, ...