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_id: '12673'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Many African countries are home to extraordinary architecture that is virtually
    unknown. There are interpretations of Art Deco, International Style, Brutalism
    as well as of African vernacular architecture. Climate-responsive buildings with
    a fluidity of interior and exterior spaces play a large role. While many of these
    20th century architects were of European origin, they were deeply influenced by
    their surroundings and found original, site-specific expressions, often in collaboration
    with African architects. A focus of the construction activities were educational
    buildings which played an important role for these young nations that mostly gained
    their independence in the 1960s. While some of the documented buildings have been
    restored, others are still awaiting reconstruction.
citation:
  ama: Pottgiesser U, Tostoes A, Uduku O, Docomomo Internatonal , eds. <i>Modernism
    in Africa The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South
    Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda</i>. Birkhäuser; 2024. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357</a>
  apa: Pottgiesser, U., Tostoes, A., Uduku, O., &#38; Docomomo Internatonal  (Eds.).
    (2024). <i>Modernism in Africa The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique,
    Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda</i>. Birkhäuser. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357</a>
  bjps: '<b>Pottgiesser U <i>et al.</i> (eds)</b> (2024) <i>Modernism in Africa The
    Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan,
    Tanzania, Uganda</i>. Berlin: Birkhäuser.'
  chicago: 'Pottgiesser, Uta, Ana Tostoes, Ola Uduku, and Docomomo Internatonal ,
    eds. <i>Modernism in Africa The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria,
    Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda</i>. Berlin: Birkhäuser, 2024. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Pottgiesser, Uta, Ana Tostoes, Ola Uduku, und Docomomo Internatonal
    , Hrsg. 2024. <i>Modernism in Africa The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique,
    Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda</i>. Berlin: Birkhäuser.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Pottgiesser, U.</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Tostoes, A.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Uduku,
    O.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Docomomo Internatonal </span>
    (Hrsg.): <i>Modernism in Africa The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique,
    Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda</i>. Berlin : Birkhäuser,
    2024'
  havard: U. Pottgiesser, A. Tostoes, O. Uduku, Docomomo Internatonal , eds., Modernism
    in Africa The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South
    Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Birkhäuser, Berlin, 2024.
  ieee: 'U. Pottgiesser, A. Tostoes, O. Uduku, and Docomomo Internatonal , Eds., <i>Modernism
    in Africa The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South
    Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda</i>. Berlin: Birkhäuser, 2024. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357</a>.'
  mla: Pottgiesser, Uta, et al., editors. <i>Modernism in Africa The Architecture
    of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania,
    Uganda</i>. Birkhäuser, 2024, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357">https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357</a>.
  short: U. Pottgiesser, A. Tostoes, O. Uduku, Docomomo Internatonal , eds., Modernism
    in Africa The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South
    Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Birkhäuser, Berlin, 2024.
  ufg: '<i><i>Pottgiesser, Uta</i> u. a.</i>: Modernism in Africa The Architecture
    of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania,
    Uganda, Berlin 2024.'
  van: 'Pottgiesser U, Tostoes A, Uduku O, Docomomo Internatonal , editors. Modernism
    in Africa The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South
    Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda. Berlin: Birkhäuser; 2024.'
corporate_editor:
- 'Docomomo Internatonal '
date_created: 2025-03-09T18:43:48Z
date_updated: 2025-03-10T08:37:04Z
department:
- _id: DEP1055
- _id: DEP1620
doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035628357
editor:
- first_name: Uta
  full_name: Pottgiesser, Uta
  id: '27166'
  last_name: Pottgiesser
  orcid: 0000-0002-8594-3168
- first_name: Ana
  full_name: Tostoes, Ana
  last_name: Tostoes
- first_name: Ola
  full_name: Uduku, Ola
  last_name: Uduku
keyword:
- Modern Movement
- Architecture Of Independence
- Luanda
- Maputo
- Addis Ababa
- Lagos
- Accra
- African Modernism
- Brutalism
- Art Deco
- Mid-20th Century Architecture
- African Modernist Architecture
- Architectural Photography
- Postcolonial Architecture
- Vernacular Architecture
- Postcolonial History
- Hospital
- School Building
- Peatfield & Bodgener Architects
- Tropical Modernism
- Pancho Guedes
- Church
- Cathedral
- Architectural Heritage
- Modernist Design
- Modern Design
- Thermal Comfort
- Climate Control
- João Garizo Do Carmo
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://birkhauser.com/books/9783035628357
oa: '1'
place: Berlin
publication_identifier:
  eisbn:
  - 978-3-0356-2835-7
  isbn:
  - 978-3-0356-2833-3
publication_status: published
publisher: Birkhäuser
status: public
title: Modernism in Africa The Architecture of Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria,
  Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
type: book_editor
user_id: '83781'
year: '2024'
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