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Title:

African modernism : the architecture of independence : Ghana, Senegal, C©þte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia / edited by Manuel Herz ; with Ingrid Schr©œder, Hans Focketyn and Julia Jamrozik ; photographs by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster.

Publisher:

Park Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

639 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans, portraits ; 32 cm

Subject:

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.
History.
Pictorial works.
1900 - 1999
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
Modern movement (Architecture)
Nation-building.
Nationalism and architecture.
Symbolism in architecture.
Africa.

Other Authors:

Herz, Manuel, editor.
Focketyn, Hans, editor.
Schr©œder, Ingrid, 1973- editor.
Jamrozik, Julia, editor.
Baan, Iwan, 1975- photographer.
Webster, Alexia, photographer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

African universe : Africa Place at Expo 67 / Ingrid Schr©œder. Ghana -- Architecture after independence / Hannah Le Roux -- Senegal -- Henri Chomette : Africa as a terrain of architectural freedom / L©♭o Noyer-Duplaix -- C©þte d'Ivoire -- Project of a nation : the African Riviera and the H©þtel Ivoire / Manuel Herz -- Kenya -- Proxy colonialism : the export of Israeli architecture to Africa / Zvi Efrat -- Zambia -- Land and social order in middle Africa / Till F©œrster -- African universe : Africa Place at Expo 67 / Ingrid Schr©œder.

Summary:

"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, C©þte 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.

ISBN:

3906027740
9783906027746

OCLC:

(OCoLC)904540665

LCCN:

2015400338

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)