African Modernism
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Over the course of the 1950s and 1960s, most African countries gained independence from their respective colonial powers. Architecture became one of the principal means by which the newly formed states expressed their national identity.
African Modernism investigates the close relationship between architecture and nation-building in Ghana, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. It features 100 buildings with brief descriptive texts, images, site plans, selected floor plans and sections.
The vast majority of images were taken by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster especially for the books first edition, documenting the buildings in their present state. Each country is portrayed through an introductory text and a timeline of historic events.
Additional essays on specific aspects and topics of postcolonial Africa, likewise richly illustrated with images and documents, round out this outstanding volume.
Author/Artist/Designer
Manuel Herz, Ingrid Schroder, Hans Focketyn & Julia JamrozikPages
640
Dimensions
32.8 x 24cm
ISBN
9783038602941
Product code
167879
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