Theorising Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa
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incl. MwSt., excl. shipping costsPerspectives, Questions, and Concepts
Edited by Philipp Meuser and Adil Dalbai
with Livingstone Mukasa
Considering the immense diversity of sub-Saharan Africa's architecture and built realities, does it make sense to speak of an African architecture? How does this differ from architecture in Africa? What does
the term architecture actually mean in the African context? And how could these questions be conceptualised while leaving behind pre-existing theoretical moulds and biases?
Searching for new ways to theorise sub-Saharan African architecture, this collection of 49 essays broadens and develops the discourse around the architecture of a very rapidly changing continent.
Its authors – practising architects and renowned scholars – put forward an array of heterogeneous perspectives, question old tropes and emerging narratives, and challenge popular concepts whilst proposing new ones. All with the aim of critically examining and advancing theoretical reflection on African architectures, both on the continent and globally.
210 x 230 mm
304 pages
320 pictures
Softcover
ISBN 978-3-86922-081-9
German edition/deutsche Ausgabe
