Tropical Modernism
Architecture and Independence
Seiten
2024
V & A Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-83851-055-8 (ISBN)
V & A Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-83851-055-8 (ISBN)
Emerging in the death throes of colonial rule, the story of Tropical Modernism is one of politics and power, decolonization and defiance. Scrutinizing the colonial narratives, and foregrounding the experience of African and Indian practitioners, this book reassesses an architectural style which has increasing relevance in today's changing climate.
Emerging in the death throes of colonial rule, the story of Tropical Modernism is one of politics and power, decolonization and defiance.
Its leading proponents, British architects Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry, adapted a utopian Bauhaus-derived Modernist aesthetic to hot and humid conditions. After Independence, Tropical Modernism was championed by leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru and Kwame Nkrumah as a symbol of freedom, progressiveness and internationalism in monumental projects such as Chandigarh in Punjab planned by Le Corbusier and Black Star Square in Accra designed by Victor Adegbite. Scrutinizing the colonial narratives surrounding Tropical Modernism, and foregrounding the experience of African and Indian practitioners, this book reassesses an architectural style which has increasing relevance in today's changing climate.
Emerging in the death throes of colonial rule, the story of Tropical Modernism is one of politics and power, decolonization and defiance.
Its leading proponents, British architects Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry, adapted a utopian Bauhaus-derived Modernist aesthetic to hot and humid conditions. After Independence, Tropical Modernism was championed by leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru and Kwame Nkrumah as a symbol of freedom, progressiveness and internationalism in monumental projects such as Chandigarh in Punjab planned by Le Corbusier and Black Star Square in Accra designed by Victor Adegbite. Scrutinizing the colonial narratives surrounding Tropical Modernism, and foregrounding the experience of African and Indian practitioners, this book reassesses an architectural style which has increasing relevance in today's changing climate.
Christopher Turner is Keeper of Art, Architecture, Photography and Design at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Foreword: Tristram Hunt
Introduction - Architecture and Power in West Africa and India
The Invention of Tropical Modernism: The African Experiment
Interview: Ola Uduku
Interview: Samia Nkrumah
Chandrigarh: Temples of a New India
Interview: Vikramaditya Prakash
Interview: Jeet Malhotra
'Africa Must Unite or Perish!': Beacons for a Free Africa
Interview: Henry Wellington
Interview: John Owusu Addo
Nehruvian Modernism: A Tool for National Regeneration
Interview: Ram Rahman
Interview: Raj Rewal
Epilogue - A Future for Tropical Modernism
Notes
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Picture Credits
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 270 x 220 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83851-055-9 / 1838510559 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83851-055-8 / 9781838510558 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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