A look at Senegal’s contemporary built environment reveals a recent shift towards industrialized construction practices that borrow from imported building solutions rather than the local techniques and materials that characterize much of post-independence Senegalese modernist architecture.
Maison de la Culture Douta Seck, Dakar, Senegal
20 November to 19 December
(In Dakar) Building Material Cultures: Reengaging Senegalese Craft-Based Building Traditions
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A look at Senegal’s contemporary built environment reveals a recent shift towards industrialized construction practices that borrow from imported building solutions rather than the local techniques and materials that characterize much of post-independence Senegalese modernist architecture.
Maison de la Culture Douta Seck, Dakar, Senegal
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27 April 2026
Ecosystems, Building Materials, and Building Cultures
Nzinga B. Mboup discusses non-standard building materials with Stephanie Idongesit Ete, Cyan Cheng, and George Massoud
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Nzinga B. Mboup, Abib Djenne, Seynabou Diouf, Thiao Kandji, Birahim Niang, Dakar, École d'architecture et d'urbanisme
28 October 2024
The Legacy of the École d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme de Dakar, 1973–1991
Nzinga B. Mboup in discussion with Abib Djenne, Seynabou Diouf, Thiao Kandji, and Birahim Niang
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28 October 2024
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24 February 2025
Heritage, Between Education and Practice
Nzinga B. Mboup identifies the value of Senegal’s architectural heritage with Jean-Augustin Carvalho, Fodé Diop, Andrée Diop-Depret, and Xavier Ricou
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The Architectural Production of Senegalese Architects
Nzinga B. Mboup looks to multiple approaches to, and definitions of, architectural identity
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Huda Tayob, Centring Africa, La Noire de…, Ousmane Sembène, Frantz Fanon, Dakar, Antibes
22 March 2021
Reading Architecture through La Noire de...
Huda Tayob presents film as an embodied archive and critique of the modernizing city
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André Blouin fonds
AP038
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The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
1933-1996
André Blouin fonds
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AP038
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The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
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1933-1996
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177 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
[Paris] : Brillances, ©2007.
Dakar : instants d'architecture / [Didier Loire].
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177 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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[Paris] : Brillances, ©2007.
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Dakar / Christine Garnier.
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71 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 15 x 23 cm.
[Paris] : [Les Éditions du temps], [1961]
Dakar / Christine Garnier.
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71 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 15 x 23 cm.
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[Paris] : [Les Éditions du temps], [1961]
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149 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans, portraits (some color) ; 32 cm
Dakar : Doro Editions, [2004?]
Dakar : hier, aujourd'hui et demain / [textes, Mamadou Lamdou Touré, Boubacar Doro Bâ].
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149 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans, portraits (some color) ; 32 cm
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Dakar : Doro Editions, [2004?]