Ghana is not experimenting with rammed earth. Ghana is demonstrating mastery of it.
The Shippon Offices. Cantonments, Accra, Ghana. Adjaye Associates’ own global headquarters. Designed by David Adjaye. Completed 2026.
The entire facade is rammed earth fins; deep, rhythmically spaced, locally sourced. They shade the interior from
Accra’s tropical sun while framing precise views of the city. A 26-metre cantilever lifts the primary office floors off the ground entirely, preserving the ground plane as a shaded social pergola for the neighbourhood.
1,300 m² of column-free workspace. A creche for staff families. A rooftop kitchen. Rammed earth walls that regulate humidity and temperature without mechanical systems.
David Adjaye chose rammed earth for his own firm’s home. Not for optics. Because it performs.
This is what it looks like when an African architect builds African soil into a Grade-A global workplace and dares the world to call it primitive
From the Lecture Halls of Legon to the Moon: Celebrating Christina Koch
I join the University of Ghana and the entire nation in celebrating NASA Astronaut Christina Koch on her historic membership of the Artemis II mission.
It is a point of immense pride to learn that Christina, the only woman on this pioneering lunar mission, was once an exchange student at our very own University of Ghana during the 1999/2000 academic year.
Her time at Legon was not just a passing visit; she truly immersed herself in our culture and heritage. By studying the History of Ghana, the History of Africa, Rural Sociology, Music, and even Twi for Beginners, she built a foundation of global citizenship right here in Accra.
Her gesture of hoisting the Ghanaian flag in outer space was a deeply touching moment for every Ghanaian. It is a testament to the fact that no matter how far one travels, even into the vastness of space, the friendships made and the lessons learned stay with you.
Christina’s journey from the classrooms of the University of Ghana to the frontiers of space exploration serves as a powerful inspiration to every young Ghanaian. It reminds us that our educational institutions continue to produce and shape global leaders who break barriers and reach for the stars.
On behalf of a proud nation, I wish Christina Koch and the entire Artemis II crew godspeed on your return journey to earth. May your success continue to inspire generations across Ghana, Africa, and the world to believe that there's no height that is insurmountable.
Congratulations, Christina.
Ghana is proud of you!
This is the direction West African architecture could have evolved into; Modern, rooted in a shared central space, expressed with earthen materials, and different from all these modern boxes we now have.
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We were in the car after a long day, both of us exhausted. He was on the phone with a friend through the speakers, and they were talking about life, work, stress… all of it.
At one point his friend joked, “Man, marriage must be tiring.”
Without even thinking, he said, “Nah. Marriage isn’t tiring. Life is tiring. My wife is the part that makes it worth it.”
I froze in the passenger seat.
He kept driving like he didn’t just shift my entire world with one sentence.
Later that night I asked him if he really meant it.
He looked at me confused and said,
“Of course. You’re not my responsibility. You’re my reward.”
And I swear, in a world where people talk about marriage like it’s a burden…
He talks about it like he won the lottery.
And that’s all the reassurance I’ll ever need.
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