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Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Good. Back-in-print, the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date. When African Modernism was first published in 2015, it was received with international praise and has been sought after constantly ever since it went out of print in 2018. Marking Park Books' 10th anniversary, this landmark book becomes available again. 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. African Modernism investigates the close relationship between architecture and nation-building in Ghana, Senegal, CÃ te d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. It features one hundred buildings with brief descriptive texts, images, site plans, and selected floor plans and sections. The vast majority of images were newly taken by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster for the book's first edition. 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 postcolonial Africa and specific aspects and topics, also illustrated with images and documents, round out this outstanding volume. the book has a huge dent / crease on the bottom corners, pages are clear and free of any marks.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Back-in-print, the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date. When African Modernism was first published in 2015, it was received with international praise and has been sought after constantly ever since it went out of print in 2018. Marking Park Books' 10th anniversary, this landmark book becomes available again. 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. African Modernism investigates the close relationship between architecture and nation-building in Ghana, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. It features one hundred buildings with brief descriptive texts, images, site plans, and selected floor plans and sections. The vast majority of images were newly taken by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster for the book's first edition. 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 postcolonial Africa and specific aspects and topics, also illustrated with images and documents, round out this outstanding volume. AUTHORS: Manuel Herz runs his own design and urban planning studio in Basel and Cologne. He also teaches as an assistant professor at University of Basel. Ingrid Schroder is an architect and Director of the MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design program at the University of Cambridge. Hans Focketyn is co-founder of the architecture firm Focketyn del Rio Studio based in Basel. Julia Jamrozik is an architect and Assistant Professor at the University of Buffalo's School of Architecture in Buffalo, NY. SELLING POINTS: . New edition of the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date . An unrivalled study of the close relationship between architecture and nation building after African countries gained independence from their former colonial powers . Features detailed descriptions of more than 100 buildings and memorials in Ghana, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia . Lavishly illustrated with photographs by distinguished artists Iwan Baan und Alexia Webster, as well as with historic images and plans 909 colour, 54 b/w illustrations, 246 line drawings New edition of the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date that explores the close relationship between architecture and nation building after African countries gained independence from their former colonial powers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. Back-in-print, the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date. When African Modernism was first published in 2015, it was received with international praise and has been sought after constantly ever since it went out of print in 2018. Marking Park Books' 10th anniversary, this landmark book becomes available again. 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. African Modernism investigates the close relationship between architecture and nation-building in Ghana, Senegal, CÃ te d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. It features one hundred buildings with brief descriptive texts, images, site plans, and selected floor plans and sections. The vast majority of images were newly taken by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster for the book's first edition. 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 postcolonial Africa and specific aspects and topics, also illustrated with images and documents, round out this outstanding volume.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Die erste Ausgabe von African Modernism. The Architecture of Independence erschien 2015 und wurde mit grossem internationalem Lob bedacht. Seit 2018 ist sie vergriffen und seitdem stark nachgefragt. Anlässlich des 10-jährigen Jubiläums von Park Books erscheint nun eine Neuausgabe dieses wegweisenden Buches. In den 1950er- und 1960er-Jahren erlangten die meisten afrikanischen Länder die Unabhängigkeit von ihrer jeweiligen Kolonialmacht. Die Architektur wurde zu einem der wichtigsten Mittel, mit dem die neu entstandenen Länder ihre nationale Identität zum Ausdruck brachten. African Modernism untersucht die enge Beziehung zwischen Architektur und Nationenbildung in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenia und Sambia. Es werden 103 Gebäude mit kurzen beschreibenden Texten, Bildern, Lageplänen und ausgewählten Grundrissen und Schnitten vorgestellt. Die überwiegende Mehrheit der Bilder wurde von Iwan Baan und Alexia Webster für die erste Ausgabe des Buchs 2015 neu aufgenommen. Jedes Land wird in einem einleitenden Text und einer Zeitleiste der historischen Ereignisse vorgestellt. Weitere Aufsätze zum postkolonialen Afrika und zu spezifischen Aspekten und Themen, ebenfalls mit Bildern und Dokumenten illustriert, runden diesen herausragenden Band ab. Gewinner des FILAF d'or, dem ersten Preis für die besten Kunstbücher 2015 beim FILAF (The International Art Book and Film Festival). Ausgezeichnet als eines der Schönsten Schweizer Bücher 2015. Ausgezeichnet mit dem DAM Architectural Book Award 2016. 640 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Die erste Ausgabe von African Modernism. The Architecture of Independence erschien 2015 und wurde mit grossem internationalem Lob bedacht. Seit 2018 ist sie vergriffen und seitdem stark nachgefragt. Anlässlich des 10-jährigen Jubiläums von Park Books erscheint nun eine Neuausgabe dieses wegweisenden Buches. In den 1950er- und 1960er-Jahren erlangten die meisten afrikanischen Länder die Unabhängigkeit von ihrer jeweiligen Kolonialmacht. Die Architektur wurde zu einem der wichtigsten Mittel, mit dem die neu entstandenen Länder ihre nationale Identität zum Ausdruck brachten. African Modernism untersucht die enge Beziehung zwischen Architektur und Nationenbildung in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenia und Sambia. Es werden 103 Gebäude mit kurzen beschreibenden Texten, Bildern, Lageplänen und ausgewählten Grundrissen und Schnitten vorgestellt. Die überwiegende Mehrheit der Bilder wurde von Iwan Baan und Alexia Webster für die erste Ausgabe des Buchs 2015 neu aufgenommen. Jedes Land wird in einem einleitenden Text und einer Zeitleiste der historischen Ereignisse vorgestellt. Weitere Aufsätze zum postkolonialen Afrika und zu spezifischen Aspekten und Themen, ebenfalls mit Bildern und Dokumenten illustriert, runden diesen herausragenden Band ab. Gewinner des FILAF d'or, dem ersten Preis für die besten Kunstbücher 2015 beim FILAF (The International Art Book and Film Festival). Ausgezeichnet als eines der Schönsten Schweizer Bücher 2015. Ausgezeichnet mit dem DAM Architectural Book Award 2016. 640 pp. Englisch.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -When African Modernism was first published in 2015, it was received with international praise and has been sought after constantly ever since it went out of print in 2018. Marking Park Books' 10th anniversary, this landmark book becomes available again.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -When African Modernism was first published in 2015, it was received with international praise and has been sought after constantly ever since it went out of print in 2018. Marking Park Books' 10th anniversary, this landmark book becomes available again.GVA Gemeinsame Verlagsauslieferung Göttingen GmbH & Co. KG, Postfach 2021, 37010 Göttingen 640 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. African Modernism | The Architecture of Independence. Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia | Manuel Herz (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 640 S. | Englisch | 2022 | Park Books | EAN 9783038602941 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: GVA Gemeinsame Verlagsauslieferung Göttingen GmbH & Co. KG, Carsten Schlieker, Postfach 20 21, 37010 Göttingen, info[at]gva-verlage[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 640 pages. 12.50x9.25x1.65 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Die erste Ausgabe von African Modernism. The Architecture of Independence erschien 2015 und wurde mit grossem internationalem Lob bedacht. Seit 2018 ist sie vergriffen und seitdem stark nachgefragt. Anlässlich des 10-jährigen Jubiläums von Park Books erscheint nun eine Neuausgabe dieses wegweisenden Buches. In den 1950er- und 1960er-Jahren erlangten die meisten afrikanischen Länder die Unabhängigkeit von ihrer jeweiligen Kolonialmacht. Die Architektur wurde zu einem der wichtigsten Mittel, mit dem die neu entstandenen Länder ihre nationale Identität zum Ausdruck brachten. African Modernism untersucht die enge Beziehung zwischen Architektur und Nationenbildung in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenia und Sambia. Es werden 103 Gebäude mit kurzen beschreibenden Texten, Bildern, Lageplänen und ausgewählten Grundrissen und Schnitten vorgestellt. Die überwiegende Mehrheit der Bilder wurde von Iwan Baan und Alexia Webster für die erste Ausgabe des Buchs 2015 neu aufgenommen. Jedes Land wird in einem einleitenden Text und einer Zeitleiste der historischen Ereignisse vorgestellt. Weitere Aufsätze zum postkolonialen Afrika und zu spezifischen Aspekten und Themen, ebenfalls mit Bildern und Dokumenten illustriert, runden diesen herausragenden Band ab. Gewinner des FILAF d'or, dem ersten Preis für die besten Kunstbücher 2015 beim FILAF (The International Art Book and Film Festival). Ausgezeichnet als eines der Schönsten Schweizer Bücher 2015. Ausgezeichnet mit dem DAM Architectural Book Award 2016.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Back-in-print, the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date. When African Modernism was first published in 2015, it was received with international praise and has been sought after constantly ever since it went out of print in 2018. Marking Park Books' 10th anniversary, this landmark book becomes available again. 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. African Modernism investigates the close relationship between architecture and nation-building in Ghana, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. It features one hundred buildings with brief descriptive texts, images, site plans, and selected floor plans and sections. The vast majority of images were newly taken by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster for the book's first edition. 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 postcolonial Africa and specific aspects and topics, also illustrated with images and documents, round out this outstanding volume. AUTHORS: Manuel Herz runs his own design and urban planning studio in Basel and Cologne. He also teaches as an assistant professor at University of Basel. Ingrid Schroder is an architect and Director of the MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design program at the University of Cambridge. Hans Focketyn is co-founder of the architecture firm Focketyn del Rio Studio based in Basel. Julia Jamrozik is an architect and Assistant Professor at the University of Buffalo's School of Architecture in Buffalo, NY. SELLING POINTS: . New edition of the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date . An unrivalled study of the close relationship between architecture and nation building after African countries gained independence from their former colonial powers . Features detailed descriptions of more than 100 buildings and memorials in Ghana, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia . Lavishly illustrated with photographs by distinguished artists Iwan Baan und Alexia Webster, as well as with historic images and plans 909 colour, 54 b/w illustrations, 246 line drawings New edition of the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date that explores the close relationship between architecture and nation building after African countries gained independence from their former colonial powers. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.