{"product_id":"building-diversity","title":"Building Diversity","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eSustainable Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eEdited by Caroline Geffriaud and Philipp Meuser\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis title is expected to become \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eavailable in March 2027. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePre-order now!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eSub-Saharan Africa is among the world’s most rapidly urbanising regions, yet much of what is built there continues to be shaped by imported models and external narratives. This bilingual volume – in English and French – offers a different vantage point: a polyphonic conversation among architects, researchers and practitioners who together rethink what sustainable construction can mean when grounded in local materials, climates and knowledge systems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe book emerged from \u003ci\u003eLearning from green African building\u003c\/i\u003e, an initiative developed by the Goethe-Institut Senegal in the wake of its commission to Diébédo Francis Kéré for a new cultural centre in Dakar. Across seven thematic chapters, the contributions foreground situated processes rather than exemplary objects, tracing a critical lineage from postcolonial pioneers such as Hassan Fathy and Demas Nwoko to contemporary voices including Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou, Christian Benimana, Mamadou Dia, Tosin Oshinowo and Huda Tayob.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eSustainability, used here, is a question of decolonised resource access, imaginaries, and constructive sovereignty. Building Diversity aims to contribute to a counter-discourse on African architecture – written, for the most part, by Africans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e––\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished as volume 199 in the Basics series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e210 × 230 mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e340 images\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-3-86922-937-9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dom-publishers.com\/collections\/grundlagen\/products\/bauen-in-afrika\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBilingual edition (English\/French)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DOM publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59177264480520,"sku":"978-3-86922-937-9","price":28.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1416\/5196\/files\/937-9_Cover_2D_cmyk.jpg?v=1792583574","url":"https:\/\/dom-publishers.com\/de\/products\/building-diversity","provider":"DOM publishers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}