Adjaye * Africa * Architecture - A Photographic Survey of Metropolitan Architecture (Hardcover)

At just over forty, David Adjaye is one of the world's most exciting and accomplished architects, and has built many highly acclaimed houses and public buildings in the UK and USA. Over a ten-year period, the Tanzanian born, London-based architect has visited 53 major African cities and photographed thousands of buildings, sites and places that few of us will ever be able to visit. This 7-volume slipcased edition documents Adjaye's tribute to African metropolitan architecture. The individual volumes present cities according to the terrain in which they are situated - the Maghreb, Desert, The Sahel, Savannah and Grassland, Mountain and Highveld, and Forest. Each city is shown in a concise urban history, fact file, maps and satellite imagery, along with Adjaye's personal travel notes and dozens of photographs of the city's civic, commercial and residential architecture. All six `terrain' volumes feature an introductory essay by Adjaye, and a separate volume is dedicated to essays by leading academics and commentators on Africa.

General

Imprint:	Thames and Hudson
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	September 2011
Authors:	David Adjaye
Editors:	Peter Allison
Dimensions:	305 x 248 x 70mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	576
ISBN-13:	978-0-500-28914-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Individual architects
LSN:	0-500-28914-X
Barcode:	9780500289143

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