ISBN:
3906027740
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9783906027746
Language:
English
Pages:
639 Seiten
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überwiegend Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme
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32 cm
DDC:
720
Keywords:
Architecture History
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Architecture, Modern 20th century
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Modern movement (Architecture) History
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Modern movement (Architecture) Pictorial works
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Nationalism and architecture
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Symbolism in architecture
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Nation-building
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Bildband
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Afrika
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Modernismus
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Architektur
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Unabhängigkeit
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Ghana
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Senegal
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Kenia
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Sambia
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Elfenbeinküste
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
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Moderne
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Bauweise
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Bildband
;
Nordrhodesien
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Herz, Manuel 1967-
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Architektur
;
Urbanität
;
Moderne
;
Afrika
Abstract:
"This books 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."--
Abstract:
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. Parliament buildings, central banks, stadiums, convention centers, universities and independence memorials were built, often to heroic and daring designs. At the same time, these buildings exemplify also the difficulties, contradictions and dilemmas these countries experienced in their nation-building process.0This groundbreaking new book investigates for the first time the relationship between architecture and nation building in Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Côte dIvoire, and Zambia. It features around eighty buildings with brief descriptive texts, images, site plans and selected floor plans and sections. The vast majority of images, commissioned especially for this book, is contributed by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster. 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 post-colonial Africa and specific aspects and topics, also illustrated with images and documents, round out this outstanding book
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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The new domain : architecture at the time of liberation
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GhanaArchitecture after independence
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SenegalHenri Chomette : Africa as a terrain of architectural freedom
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Côte d'IvoireProject of a nation : the African Riviera and the Hôtel Ivoire
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KenyaProxy colonialism : the export of Israeli architecture to Africa
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ZambiaLand and social order in middle Africa
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African universe : Africa Place at Expo 67
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