Asmara - Africa's Secret Modernist City (Paperback)

Asmara, the capital of the small East African country of Eritrea, bordering the Red Sea, is one of the most important and exciting architectural 'discoveries' of recent years. Built almost entirely in the 1930s by the Italians, who transformed it into a hotbed of radical architectural innovation, Asmara has one of the highest concentrations of Modernist architecture anywhere in the world. This superb building-by-building survey, illustrated with previously unpublished archival material and specially commissioned photography, chronicles the colonial past and remarkable survival of a city that has evocatively been described as "the Miami of Africa."

General

Imprint:	Merrell Publishers Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2006
First published:	February 2007
Authors:	Edward Denison • Guang Yu Ren • Naigzy Gebremedhin
Dimensions:	279 x 240 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-85894-382-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Design styles > Modernist design & Bauhaus
LSN:	1-85894-382-5
Barcode:	9781858943824

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