African modernism : the architecture of independence : Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia /

African modernism : the architecture of independence : Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia /

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Imprint:	Zurich, Switzerland : Park Books, [2015] ©2015
Description:	639 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans, portraits ; 32 cm
Language:	English
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. Architecture. Architecture, Modern. Modern movement (Architecture) Nation-building. Nationalism and architecture. Symbolism in architecture. Africa. Illustrated works History. Pictorial works.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10385512

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Other authors / contributors:	Herz, Manuel, editor. Schröder, Ingrid, 1973- editor. Focketyn, Hans, editor. Jamrozik, Julia, editor. Baan, Iwan, 1975- photographer. Webster, Alexia, photographer.
ISBN:	9783906027746 3906027740
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
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, 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.

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Summary:	The late 1950s and early 1960s saw a large number of central and sub-Saharan African countries gaining independence, and one of the key ways in which they expressed their newly established national identity was through distinctive architecture. Parliament buildings, stadiums, universities, central banks, convention centers, and other major public buildings and housing projects were built in daring, even heroic designs--markers of the bright future these nations envisioned after independence.<br> <br> <br> <br> African Modernism is the first book to take a close look at the relationship between these cutting-edge architectural projects and the processes of nation building in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. Presenting some seven hudnred color photographs by celebrated photographers Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster and insightful analyses of the interactions of architectural innovation and developing national political and social cultures, African Modernism will be of interest to historians of architecture and Africa alike.
Physical Description:	639 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans, portraits ; 32 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9783906027746 3906027740