African Modernism: The Architecture of Independence. Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia

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Manuel Herz Ingrid Schröder

African Modernism

The Architecture of Independence. Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia

Manuel Herz, Ingrid Schröder, Hans Focketyn , Julia Jamrozik

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Park Books
01 December 2022

Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus; Architecture; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism

Back-in-print, the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date.

When African Modernism was first published in 2015, it was received with international praise and has been sought after constantly ever since it went out of print in 2018. Marking Park Books' 10th anniversary, this landmark book becomes available again.

In the 1950s and 1960s, most African countries gained independence from their respective colonial power. Architecture became one of the principal means by which the newly formed countries expressed their national identity. African Modernism investigates the close relationship between architecture and nation-building in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. It features one hundred buildings with brief descriptive texts, images, site plans, and selected floor plans and sections. The vast majority of images were newly taken by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster for the book's first edition. Their photographs document the buildings in their present state. Each country is portrayed in an introductory text and a timeline of historic events. Further essays on postcolonial Africa and specific aspects and topics, also illustrated with images and documents, round out this outstanding volume.

AUTHORS: Manuel Herz runs his own design and urban planning studio in Basel and Cologne. He also teaches as an assistant professor at University of Basel.

Ingrid Schroder is an architect and Director of the MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design program at the University of Cambridge.

Hans Focketyn is co-founder of the architecture firm Focketyn del Rio Studio based in Basel.

Julia Jamrozik is an architect and Assistant Professor at the University of Buffalo's School of Architecture in Buffalo, NY.

SELLING POINTS: .

New edition of the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date .

An unrivalled study of the close relationship between architecture and nation building after African countries gained independence from their former colonial powers .

Features detailed descriptions of more than 100 buildings and memorials in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia .

Lavishly illustrated with photographs by distinguished artists Iwan Baan und Alexia Webster, as well as with historic images and plans

909 colour, 54 b/w illustrations, 246 line drawings

Edited by: Manuel Herz, Ingrid Schröder, Hans Focketyn, Julia Jamrozik
Imprint: Park Books
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 320mm, Width: 235mm,
Weight: 2.975kg
ISBN: 9783038602941
ISBN 10: 3038602949
Pages: 640
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Manuel Herz runs his own design and urban planning studio in Basel and Cologne. He is assistant professor at the University of Basel. Ingrid Schröder is an architect and director of the MPhil program in Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Cambridge. She was appointed director of the Architectural Association’s School of Architecture in London in May 2022 and will assume that position in August 2022. Hans Focketyn runs his own architecture firm in Basel and teaches as a professor at Bern University of Applied Sciences’ School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering in Burgdorf, Switzerland. Julia Jamrozik is an architect and assistant professor at the University of Buffalo’s School of Architecture in Buffalo, NY.