Internationally renowned, Peter Rich's career represents a lifelong
attempt to find a contemporary, yet uniquely African mode of
design. This book follows the chronology of his work which emerges
from a fascination with African indigenous settlements, including
his documentation, publication and exhibition of Ndebele art and
architecture, and his friendship with sculptor Jackson Hlungwani.
It explores what Rich calls 'African Space Making' and its forms of
complex symmetry; various collaborative community oriented designs
of the Apartheid and post-Apartheid period, especially Mandela's
Yard in Alexandra township; and finally, his more recent timbrel
vaulted structures, constructed from low-tech hand-pressed soil
tiles derived from his highly innovative and award winning work at
Mapungubwe. The book shows how Rich combines African influences
with an environmental awareness aligned to Modernist principles.
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