African modernism : the architecture of independence : Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia / edited by Manuel Herz ; with Ingrid Schröder, Hans Focketyn and Julia Jamrozik ; photographs by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster.
©2015
Zurich, Switzerland : Park Books, [2015]
639 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans, portraits ; 32 cm
"In the 1950s and 1960s most African countries gained their independence. Architecture became one of the principal means by which the young nations expressed their national identity. Parliament buildings, central banks, stadiums, convention centers, universities and independence memorials were built with often heroic and daring designs. This book investigates for the first time the relationship between architecture and nation building in Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire and Zambia. It features around eighty buildings with descriptive texts, photographs, site plans and selected floor plans and sections. The images, commissioned especially for this book, are contributed by renowned photographers Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster."--Page 4 of cover.
9783906027746 (paperback)
3906027740 (paperback)
Herz, Manuel 1967-
Architecture Africa History.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Modern movement (Architecture) Africa History.
Modern movement (Architecture) Africa Pictorial works.
Nationalism and architecture Africa.
Symbolism in architecture Africa.
Nation-building Africa.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture Afrique Histoire.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Afrique Histoire.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Afrique Ouvrages illustrés.
Nationalisme et architecture Afrique.
Symbolisme en architecture Afrique.
Reconstruction d'une nation Afrique.
Architecture History. Africa.
Modern movement (Architecture) History. Africa.
Architecture.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Nation-building.
Nationalism and architecture.
Symbolism in architecture.
Modernismus
Architektur
Unabhängigkeit
Moderne
Bauweise
Bildband
Africa.
Afrika
Ghana
Senegal
Kenia
Sambia
Elfenbeinküste
Subsaharisches Afrika
Nordrhodesien
illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
History.
Pictorial works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Schröder, Ingrid, 1973- editor.
Herz, Manuel, editor.
Focketyn, Hans, editor.
Jamrozik, Julia, editor.
Baan, Iwan, 1975- photographer.
Webster, Alexia, photographer.
Location: Library main 317816
Call No.: 317816
Status: Available
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