Issue Nº 01 · October 2026 Accra · 5.60° N, 0.19° W Notes on Ghana's built environment
The Veranda

Where we sit, talk and watch the street.

About

In Ghana, the veranda is where people sit, talk and watch the street go by. It's where neighbours stop to greet you, where news gets passed on and where opinions about everything get aired. This journal is a place to do the same with the buildings, streets and cities around us.

The Veranda publishes essays on Ghana's built environment: how our climate shapes the way we should build, the design choices Ghanaians make and why, the materials we use and the ones we overlook, and what is happening in our cities as they grow.

Who writes it

I'm Joseph Eguei Yartey, a construction technologist based in Accra. My work sits between design and the building site, and my undergraduate research looked at thermal comfort and passive cooling in housing. These essays come from what I see on site, on the street and in conversations with clients and builders.

Join the conversation

New essays come out once or twice a month. Subscribe to The Veranda Letter below to get each one by email, or follow along on LinkedIn and X. If you build, design or simply live in Ghana's heat and have something to add, I would like to hear from you.

Why “The Veranda”

In Ghana, the veranda is where people sit, talk and watch the street go by. This journal is a place to do the same with the buildings, streets and cities around us.

Essays on climate, design, materials and the way we build, written from the site and the street by Joseph Eguei Yartey, construction technologist. More about the journal.

The Veranda Letter

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