{"product_id":"african-modernism-the-architecture-of-independence-ghana-senegal-cote-divoire-kenya-zambia","title":"African Modernism: The Architecture of Independence. Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBack-in-print, the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When \u003ci\u003eAfrican Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eAfrican Modernism\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the close relationship between architecture and nation-building in Ghana, Senegal, Côte 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6626590\"\u003eManuel Herz\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Park Publishing (WI)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.52h x 9.29w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783038602941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3038602949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC001000\"\u003eCriticism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC005080\"\u003eHistory | Contemporary (1945 -)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ARC\"\u003eArchitecture\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ARC024000\"\u003eBuildings | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eManuel Herz\u003c\/b\u003e runs his own design and urban planning studio in Basel and Cologne. He is assistant professor at the University of Basel. \u003cb\u003eIngrid Schroder\u003c\/b\u003e is an architect and director of the MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design Program at the University of Cambridge. \u003cb\u003eHans Focketyn\u003c\/b\u003e is cofounder of the architecture firm Focketyn del Rio Studio based in Basel. \u003cb\u003eJulia Jamrozik\u003c\/b\u003e is an architect and assistant professor at the University of Buffalo's School of Architecture in Buffalo, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Park Publishing (WI)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44540728410349,"sku":"9783038602941","price":165.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_13704f44-d273-4e4b-bce6-966c24ec62b0.jpg?v=1701493293","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/african-modernism-the-architecture-of-independence-ghana-senegal-cote-divoire-kenya-zambia","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}