Henry Kofi Danso

Henry Kofi Danso is a Ghanaian architect, researcher and writer. He is a PhD candidate in Architecture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, with a research stay at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. His work explores frugal digital twinning, indigenous building materials and smart cities for developing countries.

He coordinates the SCiM Lab at KNUST, is Chief Editor of the ARCHiNSIGHT Newsletter, and reviews for PLOS ONE and Emerald’s Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology. He has presented research in Ghana, Germany and Denmark, and received KNUST Vice-Chancellor’s Student Excellence Awards for outstanding PhD research and international achievement.

In The Architecture We Forgot, he turns to the ideas, materials and wisdom that have shaped the built environment. Outside the studio, he mentors young architects and serves as patron of the Dual Chorale Ghana.