These Terms of Use govern access to and use of APSAIDAL, including its website, editorial content, databases, directories, professional profiles and any other services or functionality made available through the platform.
Last updated: 6 September 2026
These Terms of Use govern access to and use of APSAIDAL, including its website, editorial content, databases, directories, professional profiles and any other services or functionality made available through the platform.
By accessing or using APSAIDAL, you agree to use the platform in accordance with these Terms and applicable law.
Where a specific APSAIDAL service requires registration, submission of content or another active interaction, you may also be asked to expressly accept these Terms before using that service.
These Terms should be read together with our Legal Notice, Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
Cookie consent is separate from acceptance of these Terms and can be changed independently through Cookie Settings.
APSAIDAL is a multilingual editorial platform focused on architecture, urbanism, infrastructure, construction and interior design in Africa, including contemporary practice, architectural heritage and vernacular building traditions.
APSAIDAL publishes and organises information relating to projects, professionals, organisations, heritage, products, events, jobs, geographical information and other matters connected with Africa’s built environment.
The identity and contact information of the legal operator of APSAIDAL is available in the Legal Notice.
APSAIDAL determines independently what content it publishes, features, updates, organises or removes.
The submission of material, creation of a professional profile, inclusion in an APSAIDAL database or previous communication with APSAIDAL does not create a right to publication, continued publication, editorial coverage or a particular form of presentation.
APSAIDAL may select, classify, contextualise and organise material according to its editorial criteria.
Unless expressly indicated, the publication of a project, professional, organisation, product, event or other entity does not imply endorsement, certification, partnership, sponsorship or commercial affiliation by APSAIDAL.
Sponsored, advertising or commercially supported content will be identified where required by applicable law and APSAIDAL’s editorial standards.
You may access and use APSAIDAL for lawful personal, professional, educational, research and informational purposes.
You may share links to publicly accessible APSAIDAL pages and make limited quotations or references where permitted by applicable copyright law, provided that appropriate attribution is maintained.
Unless otherwise authorised, access to APSAIDAL does not grant permission to reproduce, republish, distribute, commercially exploit or create substantial copies of APSAIDAL content or databases.
Any use must respect the intellectual and industrial property rights of APSAIDAL and of the third parties whose work is published on the platform.
The structure, selection, organisation and presentation of the platform, together with APSAIDAL’s original editorial content, databases, taxonomy, interfaces, software, graphic elements and other original material, may be protected by copyright, database rights, trademark rights and other intellectual or industrial property rights.
The name APSAIDAL, its logo, visual identity and identifying elements may not be used in a manner that suggests sponsorship, affiliation, endorsement or authorisation without prior permission.
No right, licence or ownership interest is transferred to users except for the limited right to access and use the platform in accordance with these Terms.
A significant part of APSAIDAL’s editorial activity concerns works created by third parties.
Photographs, architectural drawings, plans, renderings, illustrations, videos, trademarks, logos, project texts and other credited material remain subject to the rights of their respective copyright holders and other rights holders.
Their presence on APSAIDAL does not mean that the material is free to reuse or that APSAIDAL is authorised to license it to third parties.
Users wishing to reproduce third-party material must obtain any permission required from the relevant rights holder.
Credits displayed with published material should be preserved when referring to or lawfully sharing that material.
More information is available in the Legal Notice.
APSAIDAL may allow architects, designers, studios, organisations, institutions, photographers, manufacturers, event organisers and other parties to submit projects, press material, articles, news, events, products, professional information or other content for editorial consideration.
Submitting material does not guarantee publication.
By submitting material, you confirm that:
You should not submit material that you are not authorised to provide for publication.
Ownership of submitted material remains with its respective rights holders.
By providing material to APSAIDAL for publication, you grant APSAIDAL, or confirm that APSAIDAL has been granted, the permissions reasonably necessary to evaluate, prepare and publish that material for the editorial purpose for which it was supplied.
Depending on the material and any restrictions communicated to APSAIDAL, this may include permission to:
APSAIDAL will seek to respect specific usage limitations communicated by a rights holder when material is supplied.
Nothing in these Terms transfers copyright ownership of submitted photographs, drawings, texts or other protected works to APSAIDAL.
Where additional rights are required for a particular use, APSAIDAL may seek separate permission.
The permissions granted for publication do not authorise APSAIDAL to materially alter the substance or authorship of supplied editorial texts, except where the contributor or relevant rights holder has expressly agreed otherwise.
Where a project description or other editorial text is supplied by an architect, studio, organisation or other authorised source for publication, APSAIDAL preserves the source-language text as supplied.
APSAIDAL does not rewrite the substance of such source material as though it were its own editorial text.
Non-substantive technical or formatting changes may be made where reasonably necessary for purposes such as:
Such changes are not intended to alter the meaning, authorship or editorial substance of the supplied text.
Where APSAIDAL publishes a translation, the translation is treated as a separate language version.
APSAIDAL will seek to preserve the meaning and character of the supplied source text while making the linguistic adaptations necessary for the target language.
Where a source provides its own authorised translations, APSAIDAL may publish those versions as supplied.
Authorship, source information and relevant credits will be displayed where appropriate.
Persons submitting photographs, drawings, plans, renderings, illustrations, videos or other audiovisual material must provide accurate credit information and disclose any known restrictions relevant to publication.
APSAIDAL may refuse or remove material where authorship or rights cannot reasonably be established, a rights holder objects to its use, the material appears to have been supplied without appropriate authority, required credit information is missing or disputed, or continued publication presents an unacceptable legal or editorial risk.
Rights holders may contact info@apsaidal.com regarding attribution, permissions or removal requests.
Requests will be assessed taking account of the circumstances of the publication, the rights concerned, applicable law and APSAIDAL’s legitimate editorial interests.
Where APSAIDAL provides profiles for professionals, studios, companies, institutions or other organisations, those profiles may contain information provided directly by the represented party or obtained from legitimate professional or editorial sources.
Where profile claiming or self-management functionality is available, users must only claim or manage a profile where they are authorised to represent the relevant person or organisation.
Users responsible for a profile must seek to keep information accurate and must not impersonate another person or organisation, falsely claim professional credentials, misrepresent their relationship with an organisation, upload material they are not authorised to use or deliberately provide misleading information.
APSAIDAL may request reasonable information to verify a claim or representation.
A claimed profile does not give its manager editorial control over independent APSAIDAL content concerning that person or organisation.
Where APSAIDAL provides registered accounts, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for activity carried out through your account where reasonably attributable to you.
You must provide accurate registration information and must not allow an account to be used for unlawful or abusive purposes.
APSAIDAL may temporarily restrict or suspend an account where reasonably necessary to protect platform security, investigate suspected unauthorised access, prevent fraud, spam or abuse, address serious or repeated breaches of these Terms or comply with legal obligations.
Where appropriate and legally required, users will be given relevant information concerning such action.
Personal data associated with accounts is processed in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
APSAIDAL may publish employment opportunities, competitions, calls, grants or other professional opportunities supplied by third parties.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, APSAIDAL is not the employer, recruiter, competition organiser or contracting party in relation to those opportunities.
Organisations submitting listings are responsible for the accuracy and legality of the information they provide.
Users should verify important employment, eligibility, remuneration, deadline or contractual information directly with the relevant organisation.
Where APSAIDAL later provides direct application or candidate-management functionality, additional specific terms may apply.
Information about products, materials, manufacturers, events, exhibitions or other third-party offerings may be provided by their respective organisations or obtained from professional and editorial sources.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, APSAIDAL does not manufacture, sell, warrant or organise those third-party products or events.
Specifications, prices, dates, availability and other information may change.
Users should verify relevant information directly with the manufacturer, provider or organiser before relying on it for purchasing, professional, technical or contractual decisions.
The systematic extraction, reproduction or reutilisation of APSAIDAL’s protected content or databases is not authorised except where APSAIDAL has expressly permitted it or where the use is permitted by mandatory applicable law.
In particular, without prior authorisation and to the fullest extent permitted by law, users must not use automated systems to:
APSAIDAL expressly reserves its rights, to the extent permitted by applicable copyright and database law, in relation to text and data mining of its protected works and databases.
This section does not restrict uses that cannot lawfully be prohibited, including any applicable statutory exceptions or limitations.
Search engines and other services expressly permitted by APSAIDAL’s technical configuration may index publicly accessible pages in accordance with those permissions.
Users must not use APSAIDAL to violate applicable law or the rights of others, upload malicious software or attempt to interfere with the operation of the website, gain unauthorised access to accounts, systems or restricted areas, impersonate another person or organisation, submit knowingly false or fraudulent information, infringe copyright, trademark, privacy or other rights, engage in harassment, threats or abusive conduct, send unsolicited bulk communications through APSAIDAL systems, circumvent security, access-control or consent mechanisms or use automated means in violation of Section 15.
APSAIDAL may take proportionate measures to protect the platform and its users where abuse is detected.
APSAIDAL seeks to maintain high editorial standards, but it cannot guarantee that all information supplied by third parties is complete, accurate or permanently up to date.
Architecture and construction information may change after publication, and information concerning project teams, materials, technical specifications, costs, dates or other facts may come from external sources.
Users should independently verify information where it is relevant to professional, legal, financial, construction, safety, regulatory or contractual decisions.
APSAIDAL content does not constitute architectural, engineering, legal, financial or other professional advice.
APSAIDAL encourages corrections where published factual information is inaccurate.
Requests may be sent to info@apsaidal.com and should identify the relevant page and the information concerned.
APSAIDAL may correct, annotate, update or remove information where appropriate while preserving editorial records where reasonably necessary.
A correction request does not automatically require removal of an entire editorial publication.
Personal-data requests are dealt with separately in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
APSAIDAL may link to websites or services operated by third parties and may embed external content such as videos or maps.
APSAIDAL does not control independent third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, security or privacy practices.
Access to certain external content may require the activation of non-essential technologies.
More information is provided in the Cookie Policy, and preferences can be changed through Cookie Settings.
Users may choose to subscribe to APSAIDAL newsletters or other optional editorial communications.
Subscription is voluntary and may be cancelled using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the communication.
Newsletter consent is independent from acceptance of these Terms and from cookie preferences.
Further information concerning personal data is available in the Privacy Policy.
APSAIDAL may modify, update or reorganise its website, databases, features and services as the platform develops.
Features may be introduced, changed or discontinued where reasonably necessary for editorial, technical, security, legal or operational reasons.
APSAIDAL does not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free availability.
Temporary interruptions may occur as a result of maintenance, security incidents, infrastructure problems or circumstances beyond APSAIDAL’s reasonable control.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation would be prohibited by applicable law.
Subject to that principle, APSAIDAL is not responsible for losses arising solely from reliance on inaccurate third-party information that APSAIDAL could not reasonably have identified as inaccurate, decisions made on the basis of information that users should independently verify, temporary interruption of the website beyond APSAIDAL’s reasonable control, actions, products, services or websites of independent third parties or unauthorised or unlawful use of APSAIDAL by another user.
APSAIDAL does not provide guarantees regarding the suitability of editorial information for a particular professional or commercial purpose.
APSAIDAL may restrict, correct or remove material where reasonably necessary because of intellectual-property concerns, privacy or data-protection obligations, inaccurate or misleading information, legal requirements, security risks, violation of these Terms or legitimate editorial considerations.
Where appropriate, APSAIDAL may contact the relevant contributor or rights holder before taking action, although this may not always be possible or required.
APSAIDAL may update these Terms to reflect changes to the platform or its functionality, editorial services, account or profile features, commercial services, applicable law or technical or security requirements.
The current version will be published on this page together with its latest update date.
Where a material change affects registered users or an ongoing service and applicable law requires additional notice or consent, APSAIDAL will provide it through an appropriate mechanism.
These Terms are governed by Spanish law, without prejudice to mandatory laws or rights that may apply to users in another jurisdiction.
Any dispute shall be subject to the courts and tribunals determined by applicable procedural and consumer-protection law.
Nothing in these Terms deprives a consumer or other user of any mandatory legal protection that cannot validly be waived by agreement.
Questions concerning these Terms, content permissions, rights or the operation of APSAIDAL may be sent to:
Further legal information is available in:
If you have any questions about these Terms, please get in touch.
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