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Review: Architecture of Independence: African Modernism

2016; University of California Press; Volume: 75; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/jsah.2016.75.4.512

ISSN

2150-5926

Autores

Ola Uduku,

Tópico(s)

Global Maritime and Colonial Histories

Resumo

Book Review| December 01 2016 Review: Architecture of Independence: African Modernism Architecture of Independence: African Modernism Vitra Design Museum Gallery, Weil am Rhein 20 February–31 May 2015 Graham Foundation, Chicago 29 January–16 April 2016 Maison de l'Architecture, Geneva 20 May–30 June 2016 Ola Uduku Ola Uduku University of Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2016) 75 (4): 512–514. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2016.75.4.512 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Ola Uduku; Review: Architecture of Independence: African Modernism. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 December 2016; 75 (4): 512–514. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2016.75.4.512 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search Architecture of Independence: African Modernism was curated by Manuel Herz, with photography by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster. The exhibition's title situated the buildings displayed in the West African postcolonial period, spanning the decades from the end of World War II to the late 1970s and early 1980s, when all West African states attained self-rule or independence from colonial rule. This era was dominated by an architectural shift from the typical colonial “public works department” style to the International Style. This architectural movement was espoused in Africa mainly by groups of young expatriates, including a few indigenous architects whose Western training had been influenced by the design theories of Bauhaus pedagogues such as Walter Gropius, the manifestos of CIAM, and the architecture of Le Corbusier. In the tropical climate zone, which comprises much of Africa and Southeast Asia, this new version of the International Style was adapted to respond to... You do not currently have access to this content.

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