# List of Art Deco architecture in Africa

This is a list of buildings that are examples of Art Deco in Africa:

## Algeria

* Ahmed Zabana National Museum, Oran
* Cinema Tamgout, Algiers, 1939
* La Gare d'Oran, Algeria, 1922
* Head Office of General Union of Algerian Workers (Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens), Algiers, 1935
* L'hôpital Baudens, Oran, 1937
* National Museum of Fine Arts (Muséé National des Beaux Arts), Algiers, 1930
* Safir Ex Aletti Hotel, Algiers, 1930

## Angola

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* California Building, Lobito
* Cine Porto Alexandrense, Tômbwa
* Cine Gimno Desportivo, Huambo
* Cine Moçâmedes, Namibe
* Cine Sporting, Sumbe
* Cine Teatro Arco Iris, Lubango
* Cine Teatro Impérium, Lobito, 1950s
* Cine Teatro Namibe, Namibe
* Cine Tropical, Luanda, 1950s
* Cinema Ruacaná, Huambo
* Cinema Silva Porto, Cuito
* Correios (Post office building), Lobito
* Grande Hotel da Huila, Lubango, 1930s
* Hotel Girão, Kuito
* Tamariz Casino, Lobito
* Victoria Atletico Clube do Bie, Kuito

## Burundi

* Burundi Palace Hotel, Bujumbura
* Cinema Cine Cameo, Bujumbura, 1922
* Hospital Rural, Ruyigi
* Hotel Paguidas, Bujumbura
* Leo telecom building, Bujumbura
* Restaurant Tanganyika, Bujumbura, 1930s

## Cape Verde

* Banco Comercial do Atlântico, Praia, Santiago
* Câmara Municipal de Santa Catarina, Assomada, Santiago
* Cineclube, Assomada, Santiago
* Cinema de Praia, Praia, Santiago
* Eden Park, Mindelo, São Vicente, 1922
* Electra Power Station, Praia, Santiago
* Hotel Avenida, Assomada, Santiago

## Central African Republic

* Grand Cafe, Bangui City
* Hotel de Ville - City Hall, Bangui City, 1947

## Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaīre)

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* Avenue du Commerce district, Kinshasa
* Cardinal Malula Stadium (Stade Reine Astrid), Kinshasa, 1937
* Central Railway Station, Lubumbashi
* Cinema Central, Kinshasa, 1930s
* Clinique Reine Elisabeth, Kinshasa, 1932
* Collège des Hautes études de stratégie et de défense (formerly the Force Publique Depot), Kinshasa
* Compagnie Industrielle Africaine, Kinshasa, 1928
* Cotex compound, Kinshasa
* Forescom Building, Kinshasa, 1946
* Grand Hotel, Lubumbashi
* Hotel Astoria (now National Institute of Arts, Kinshasa (l'Institut National des Arts), Kinshasa, 1940s
* Hotel Residence (now branch office of SNEL), Kinshasa, 1940s
* Lycée Bosangani and College Boboto (Lycée Sacre Coeur), Kinshasa, 1940s
* Mairie de Bukavu (Town Hall), Bukavu
* Palace of Justice, Lubumbashi
* Park Hotel, Lubumbashi, 1929
* Sabena Guest House, Kinshasa, 1937
* Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral (Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul de Lubumbashi), Lubumbashi, 1920, 1959
* Tony & Tony Mezepolis restaurant, Lubumbashi

## Djibouti

* Odeon Cinema, Djibouti

## Egypt

* Cinema Amir, Alexandria, 1950
* Metro Cinema, Alexandria, 1949
* Odeon Cinema, Alexandria
* Oreco Building, Alexandria, late 1940s

### Cairo

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* Ades Building, Cairo
* Al Bergas 5, Garden City, Cairo
* Cairo Palace Cinema, Cairo, 1945
* Cinema Metro, Cairo, 1939
* Cinema Miami, Cairo, 1949
* Cinema Odeon, 1940s
* Cinema Rivoli, Cairo, 1949
* Cinema Wahba, Cairo
* Diana Palace Cinema, Cairo, 1930
* Foad Serag al Dien, Garden City, Cairo, 1925
* Gobran Apartment Building, Garden City, Cairo, 1929
* Grand Hotel, Cairo
* Hotel Carlton, Cairo, 1935
* Maqha Groppi pastry shop, Cairo, 1925
* Nile House, Cairo
* Rabbat Buildings, Cairo, 1929
* Radio Cinema, Cairo, 1948
* Sabet Building, Corniche El-Nil
* Al-Tahrir Cinema, Giza, Cairo, 1950s
* Yacoubian Building (Cairo), 1937

## Eritrea
### Asmara

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* Alfa Romeo apartments, Asmara, 1937
* Asmara Silicon Factory, Asmara
* Asmara Town Hall, Asmara
* Bar Zilli, Asmara, 1939
* The Bristol Pension Hotel, Asmara, 1940s
* British American Tobacco Company Group Offices, Asmara, 1938
* Central Region Administration Building, Asmara
* Cinema Capitol, Asmara, 1941, 1944
* Cinema Dante, Asmara, 1910
* Cinema Impero, Asmara, 1937
* Cinema Odeon, Asmara, 1937
* Cinema Roma, Asmara, 1937
* Education Ministry (formerly the Fascist Party Headquarters), Asmara, 1928, 1940
* Farmacia Centrale, Asmara
* Fiat Tagliero Building, Asmara, 1938
* Governor's Palace, Asmara, 1930s
* Lloyd's Building, Asmara, 1938
* Medeber Market, Asmara, 1914
* Municipal Building of Asmara, Asmara, 1951
* National Union of Eritrean Women office (formerly Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro), Asmara, 1939
* Palazzo Berti, Asmara, 1939
* Red Sea Pension, Asmara
* Sanitation Office and Garage of the Central Region, Asmara, 1938
* Sede del Gruppo Rion Fascista (Fascist District Group Head Office), Asmara, 1939
* The Selam Hotel, Asmara, 1937
* Shell Service Station, Asmara, 1937
* World Bank Building, Asmara, 1938

## Ghana

* Rex Theatre, Accra, 1937
* Roxy Theatre, Accra

## Guinea-Bissau

* Cine Bolama, Bolama, Sul Province
* Cine UDIB, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, 1940s
* Monumento aos Heróis da Independência, Bissau, 1934

## Kenya

* Jubilee Insurance Building, Mombasa
* Mulleys Masaa, Machakos, 1955

### Nairobi

* 95 Limuru Road, Nairobi, 1951
* Beneve Coffee House, Nairobi
* City Market, Nairobi
* Kenchic Inn, Nairobi
* Kenwood House, Nairobi, 1936
* Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi, 1951
* Nanak House, Nairobi, 1920s
* Pioneer House Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi, 1930s
* Shan Cinema, Nairobi
* Simla House, Nairobi
* Sirocco House, Lake Naivasha
* Sirona House, Nairobi
* Skyline Business Institute, Nairobi

## Morocco

* Avenida Theater, Tetouan, 1945
* Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rabat, Rabat, Morocco, 1919-1930s
* Cinema Avenida, Sidi Ifni
* Cinema Camera, Meknes, 1938
* Cinéma le Colisée, Marrakesh, 1953
* Cinéma Rif, Tangier, 1948
* Cinéma Royal, Rabat
* Cinéma Roxy, Tangier
* Gran Teatro Cervantes, Tangier, 1913
* Guard Tower, El Ouatia, Tan Tan Beach
* Hotel de Ville, Sidi Ifni
* Jardin Majorelle, (and the Museum of Berber History), Marrakesh, 1929
* Ship House, Sidi Ifni
* former Spanish Consulate, Sidi Ifni

### Casablanca

* Abderrahman Slaoui Museum, Casablanca, 1940s
* Assayag Building, Casablanca, 1932
* Bank al-Maghrib, Casablanca
* Bar Atomic, Casablanca
* Bendahan Building, Casablanca, 1935
* Le Cabestan, La Corniche, Casablanca, 1927
* Café Champs Elysées, built in the shape of a cruise liner, Casablanca
* Casablanca Cathedral (Église du Sacré-Cœur de Casablanca), Casablanca, 1930
* Central Post Office, Casablanca, 1920
* Cinéma ABC, Casablanca
* Cinéma Atlas, Casablanca
* Cinéma Le Verdun, Casablanca
* Cinéma Lynx, Casablanca, 1950s
* Cinema Rialto, Casablanca, 1930
* Church of the Sacred Heart, Casablanca, 1930
* El Glaoui Building, Casablanca, 1927
* Grande Poste, Casablanca, 1918
* Hotel Colisee, Casablanca
* Hotel Excelsior, Casablanca, 1918
* Hotel Guynemer, Casablanca, 1909
* Hotel Lincoln, Casablanca, 1917
* Hotel Transatlantique, Casablanca, 1922
* Hotel Volubilis, Casablanca, 1920
* IMCAMA Building, Casablanca, 1928
* Immeuble Moretti-Milone, Casablanca, 1934
* Imperial Casablanca Hotel & Spa (former Shell Building), Casablanca, 1934
* Lévy-Bendayan Building, Casablanca, 1928
* Marius Boyer house, Casablanca, 1930
* Moses Assayag Building, Casablanca, 1932
* Old Abattoirs (former slaughterhouse), Casablanca, 1912, 1922
* Palais de Justice, Casablanca, 1925
* Villa Suissa, Casablanca, 1947
* La Villa des Arts, Casablanca, 1930s
* Wilaya City Hall administrative building, with Clock Tower, Casablanca, 1927–1936

### Fez

* Bank of Morocco, Yacoub el Mansour Square, Fez
* Café de la Renaissance, Fez, 1930
* Central Post Office, Fez, 1947
* Cinéma Arc en Ciel, Fez
* Cinéma Astor, Fez
* Cinéma Bijou, Fez, 1930
* Cinéma Boujloud, Fez
* Cour d'Appel, Fez, 1936
* General Treasury of the Kingdom, Fez, 1935
* Grand Hôtel, Fez, 1929
* Raulin Building, Fez, 1930
* Rex Cinema, Fez, 1942

## Mozambique

* Central Firefighters' Headquarters, Beira, 1940s
* Cine-Teatro Olympia (now a church), Beira
* Cine-Teatro Tofo, Inhambane
* Damião de Melo House - Verdinho Restaurant, Inhambane, 1940
* Grande Hotel Beira, Beira, 1954
* Hotel Dona Ana, Vilanculos
* Municipal council building, Quelimane
* Nova Zuid LDA shopping center, Nampula
* Post Office (Estação de correios), Tete
* Railway Station, Ressano Garcia
* Train Station, Melema
* Train Station, Ressano Garcia

### Maputo

Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, has a rich Art Deco heritage from the Portuguese colonial period (1781-1976), when the city was called Lourenço Marques.
* Abel da Silva Pascoal building (Lau Cam Soi), Maputo, 1946
* Bharat Samaj Ved Mandir Hindu Temple, Maputo, 1938
* Café Continental, Maputo
* Casa Coimbra, Maputo, 1940
* Casa Rubi, Maputo
* Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception), Maputo, 1944
* Cine Africa, Maputo, 1948
* Cine Gil Vicente, Maputo, 1933
* Cinema Scala, Maputo, 1931
* Clube Ferroviário (The Railway Club), Maputo, 1946
* Edifício Karmali, Maputo, 1930
* Embassy of Portugal, Maputo
* Hotel-Escola Andalucia, Maputo, 1946
* National Organization of Teachers Headquarters, Maputo
* National School of Dance, Maputo
* Rádio de Moçambique (formerly the Rádio Clube de Moçambique), Maputo, 1931
* Portuguese Embassy, Maputo
* Prédio Rubi building, Maputo
* Radio Mozambique Building, Maputo, 1933
* Telecomunicações de Moçambique (Mozambique Telephone building), KaMpfumo district, Maputo

## Namibia

* Villa Margherita, Swakopmund

## Nigeria

* Bower's Tower, Ibadan

## São Tomé and Príncipe

* Cineteatro Marcelo da Veiga, Água Grande, São Tomé, 1950

## Senegal

* Embassy of Russia, Dakar
* Hôpital Institut d'Hygiène Social de Dakar, Dakar
* IFAN Museum of African Arts (Musée Théodore Monod d'Art Africain), Dakar, 1938
* Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD, Pasteur Institute), Dakar, 1928
* National Office of Veterans Affairs (Office national des Anciens Combattants), Dakar
* Our Lady of Victories Cathedral, Dakar, 1936

## Somalia

* Villa Somalia, Mogadishu, 1922–1936
* Hotel Croce del Sud, Mogadishu, 1938

## South Africa

Source:
* Apollo Theatre, Victoria, Karoo, 1920s
* Avalon Sweets and Chocolate Center (formerly Avalon Building), Kariega, Eastern Cape
* Commercial Building at 1467 Main, Paarl, Western Cape, 1935
* Crown Cork Factory, Isando, Kempton Park, Gauteng, 1951
* DaVinci Building, Worcester, Western Cape
* Germiston Central Fire Station, Germiston, Gauteng, 1935
* Kasteel Motors, Riebeeck Kasteel, Western Cape,
* Kavenda Building (now a furniture store, formerly Selworth's), Nigel, Gauteng
* KMV Wine Emporium (Dr André du Toit-Gebou/Building), Paarl, Western Cape
* La Rochelle Girls' High School Hostel, Paarl, Western Cape, 1935
* La Rochelle Girls' Primary School, Paarl, Western Cape, 1935
* Merlyn Court commercial building, Cannon Hill, Kariega, Eastern Cape, 1930s
* former Plaza Theatre, Cannon Hill, Kariega, Eastern Cape, 1930s
* Prince Albert Liquor Store (formerly petrol station), Prince Albert, Western Cape, 1944
* Protea Building (former Protea Cinema), Paarl, Western Cape, 1939
* Public Library, Fraserburg, Northern Cape
* Quick Lane Upington commercial building, Upington, Northern Cape
* Rand Airport, Germiston, Ekhuruleni, 1920s
* The Showroom Theatre, Prince Albert, Western Cape,
* former Standard Bank, Worcester, Western Cape
* Tiger Brands Jam manufacturing building (formerly H. Jones and Co. building), Paarl, additions 1939
* Union House, Nigel, Gauteng
* Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, 1949

### Cape Town

* Adderey Park parking garage (formerly Geneva House flats), 1935
* Balmoral Flats (formerly Balmoral Hotel), Muizenberg, Cape Town, 1932, 1939
* former Bijou Theater, Observatory, Cape Town, 1940
* Botanik Social House (formerly Land and Agricultural Bank of South Africa), City Centre, Cape Town, 1938
* Cape Town General Post Office Grand Central, Cape Town
* Commercial building (formerly Scott's Building), City Centre, Cape Town, 1932
* Dorchester Apartments, Sea Point, Cape Town, 1935
* Downtown Lodge Residence, Zonnebloem, Cape Town
* Government Motor Transport building at 34 Roeland St., Cape Town, 1940
* Holiday Court flats (formerly Hamoaze Court), Simons Town, Cape Town, 1935
* Holyrood Apartment Building, City Centre, Cape Town, 1939
* Kimberley House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
* Majestic Mansions, Muizenberg, Cape Town
* Market House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town, 1930
* Mutual Heights Building (formerly SA Mutual life Assurance Society), City Centre, Cape Town, 1940
* Namaqua House Apartments, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town, 1933
* ONOMO Hotels Cape Town Inn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town (formerly Shell House), 1929, 1941
* Solent Court flats, Simons Town, Cape Town, 1935
* Private Collections furniture store (former Synagogue), Vredehoek, Cape Town
* Spar groceries at Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village, Cape Town
* former Stakesby-Lewis Hostel, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, 1936
* Synagogue, Sea Point, Cape Town,

### Durban

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* 29 Umbilo Road, Greyville, Durban, 1935
* 69/71 Beatrice Street, Durban, 1939
* Aboobaker Mansions, Durban, 1937
* Adam's Booksellers, Durban
* Albany Hotel, Durban, 1938
* Alder Court, Durban, 1940
* Althea Court, Durban, 1933
* Ambassador House, Durban, 1930
* Astra Court, Musgrave Road, Durban, 1937
* Bales Court, Durban
* Berea Court, Berea, Durban, 1937
* Broadway Court, Durban, 1933
* Broadwindsor Court, Durban, 1935
* The Cenotaph, Durban, 1926
* Chester House, Durban
* Cheviot Court, Durban 1940s
* Clicks building, Durban
* Colonial Mutual Building, Durban, 1933
* Coral Court, Durban
* Deo Valente, Durban, 1940
* Devonshire Court, Durban
* Dominion Court, Durban
* D'Urban building, Durban
* Ebrahim Court, Durban
* The Edward, (Protea Hotel by Marriott Durban Edward), South Beach, Durban, 1909
* Empire Court, Durban
* Enterprise Building, Durban, 1931
* Essop Moosa Building, Durban
* Fallodon, Durban, 2000
* Gloms Court, Durban
* Gleneagles, Durban
* Hattia Trust, Durban
* Heronmere, Durban
* Hertford, Musgrave Road, Durban, 1998
* Himat Court/Avni Court, Durban, 1942
* Hollywood Court, Durban, 1937
* Janora Court, Durban
* Jubilee Court, Morningside, Durban
* Kintyre, Glenwood, Durban
* Lowry's Corner, Musgrave Road, Durban
* Manhattan Court, Durban, 1937
* McIntosh House, Durban, 1935
* Memorial Tower Building (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus), Durban, 1948, 1972
* Metropole Apartments
* Nordbury building, Durban
* Nordic Court, Durban, 1933, 1938
* Pavo Court, Durban, 1940
* Pixley House, Durban, 1938
* Plymouth Hoe, Durban, 1936
* Prefcor House (formerly Payne Brothers Building), Durban
* Quadrant House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
* Sedson's Building, Durban
* St. Aubyn Court, Musgrave Road, Durban, 1940s
* Suncoast Casino, Snell Parade, Berea, Durban, 2003
* Surat Hindoo Association Building, Durban
* Surrey Mansions, Berea, Durban, 1937
* Victoria Mansions, Durban, 1935
* Westgard House - Trust Building, Durban, 1939
* Whittington Court, Durban
* Willern Court, Durban, 1937
* Yagashree Mansions, Durban, 1927

### Eastern Cape

* Aldwyn Towers Court, Central Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, 1937
* Berkeley Court flats, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, 1934, 1990s
* Club de Catz (formerly Porter's Ltd), North End, Port Elizabeth, 1933
* Court Receife flats, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth, 1937
* Taylor House (housing Epitomy Financial Services), Central, Port Elizabeth, 1935
* Hampton Court student accommodation, Central, Port Elizabeth, 1937
* Harrodene flats, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth
* Hotel Campanile, Central, Port Elizabeth, 1934
* House GL Lippsteu, Redhouse, Port Elizabeth, 1938
* Marley Building Systems (formerly Cadbury-Fry factory), Holland Park, Port Elizabeth, 1937
* Mastercars offices (formerly Dawson Court flats), North End, Port Elizabeth, 1937
* Noninzi Luzipho Building (formerly Colonial Mutual Life Insurance Building - Pleinhuis), Port Elizabeth, 1934
* Saraphile Mansions, Central, Port Elizabeth, 1926
* Saville House flats, Central, Port Elizabeth, 1935
* Shoprite (formerly OK Bazaars), Central, Port Elizabeth, 1937
* St Saviour's Anglican Church, Walmer, Port Elizabeth, 1942
* Victoria Hotel, Central, Port Elizabeth, 1931
* Whitehall Court flats, Central, Port Elizabeth, 1939
* YMCA-CVJM, Central Port Elizabeth, 1936

### Johannesburg

* Anglo American Corporation headquarters, Johannesburg, 1938
* Ansteys Building, Johannesburg, 1937
* Astor Mansions, Johannesburg, 1932
* Atkinson House, Johannesburg, 1936
* Aventry Court apartments, Johannesburg
* Castle Beer Hall (now Ram International Insurance Brokers), Johannesburg, 1939
* Daventry Court apartments, Killarney, Johannesburg, 1934
* Delta Environmental Centre, Johannesburg, 1934
* Duncan House student accommodation (formerly Lintons Hotel), Johannesburg, 1930
* Eskom Building, Johannesburg
* Forty Fox Street, Johannesburg
* Gallo House, Johannesburg, 1949
* His Majesty's building, Johannesburg
* House Naude, 42 8th Avenue, Houghton, Johannesburg, 1936
* former Luxor Court, Bertrams, Johannesburg
* Manners Mansions, Johannesburg, 1940
* Mentone Court retirement home, Killarney, Johannesburg, 1935
* Normandie Court apartments, Johannesburg, 1937
* Post Office, Jeppen Street, Johannesburg, 1935
* Stanhope Mansions, Johannesburg, 1935
* Strathearn Mansions, Johannesburg, 1931
* Temple Israel, Johannesburg, 1936

### Springs, Gauteng

* Carlou Court apartments, Springs, Gauteng, 1933
* Central Fire Station, Springs, Gauteng, 1938
* Century Cinema (now Magic Motor Spares), Springs, Gauteng, 1939
* Josette Towers flats, Springs, Gauteng, 1935
* Manitoba House apartments, Springs, Gauteng, 1930
* Marie Court flats, Springs, Gauteng, 1936
* NUMSA Labor Union headquarters, Springs, Gauteng
* Nureef House apartments, Springs, Gauteng, 1935
* PAM Brink Rugby Stadium, Springs, Gauteng, 1944
* Renesta House, Springs, Gauteng
* Southern Building, Springs, Gauteng
* Springs Central Business Centre, Springs, Gauteng
* Springs Central Fire Station, Springs, Gauteng, 1938
* Springs Hotel, Springs, Gauteng, 1932
* Wandel Court flats, Springs, Gauteng, 1949

## Sudan

* Coliseum Cinema, Khartoum, 1935
* Halfaya Cinema, Khartoum, 1950s
* Acropole Hotel, Khartoum, 1952

## Tanzania

* Cine Afrique (now a supermarket), Zanzibar
* The Diamond Jubilee Building, Dar es Salaam
* The Majestic Theatre, Zanzibar, 1920s, 1955
* Nefaland Hotel, Dar es Salaam
* Palm Beach Hotel, Dar es Salaam, 1950s
* Rupam Stores, Dar es Salaam, 1938-1948

## Tunisia

* 12, rue d'Égypte, Tunis
* Cinema ABC, Tunis, 1950
* Le Colisée building, Tunis
* De Carlo building, Tunis
* ENICAR building, Tunis, 1933f
* Great Synagogue, Tunis, 1938
* L'hôtel de Ville, Carthage
* Immeuble Le Colisée, Tunis
* Immeuble De Carlo, Tunis
* Immeuble La Nationale, Tunis
* Immeuble Notarbartolo, Tunis
* Immeuble du petit Colisée, Tunis
* Immeuble Ritz, Tunis
* Immeuble Tabone, Tunis
* Maison in Tribunal Plaza, Tunis
* Maison Resplandy, Tunis
* La Nationale building, Tunis
* Notarbartolo building, Tunis
* Poste du Belvédère, Tunis
* Ritz building, Tunis
* Tabone building, Tunis
* Villa Boublil, Tunis

## Uganda

* Fat Cat Backpackers hostel, Kampala
* Kampala Train Station, Kampala
* Madlani Building, 1948
* Norman Cinema (now Watoto Church), Kampala, 1950s
* Odeon – Cinema Hall, Jinja
* Plot 44, Rashid Khamis Road (former petrol station), Kampala, 1930s

## Zambia

* Capitol Theatre, Livingstone
* Stanley House offices, Livingstone, 1931