Modern Architecture in Africa - Practical Encounters with Intricate African Modernity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book offers unique insights into modern African architecture, influenced by modern European architecture, and at the same time a natural successor to existing site-specific and traditional architecture. It brings together the worlds of traditional site-specific architecture with the Modernist Project in Africa, which to date have only been considered in isolation. The book covers the four architectural disciplines: urban planning, building technology, building physics, and conservation. It includes an introduction with a historical outline and an analysis and comparison of a number of projects in various countries in Africa. On the basis of examples drawn from practice, the author documents and describes the hybrid architectural forms that have emerged from the confrontation and fusion with (pre)modern Western architecture and urban planning, and in so doing he also narrates the history of African architecture.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	August 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Antoni S. Folkers • Belinda A. C. van Buiten
Dimensions:	279 x 210 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	365
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-001074-4
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > General Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	3-03-001074-0
Barcode:	9783030010744

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