www.theguardian.com recently
ran a feature on Afro modernism:
Africa’s avant-garde architecure
boom. The 1960s and 70s
were an explosive period for
experimental architecture in Africa
– from vast Toblerone-shaped
exhibition centres to giant lilybud auditoriums. Swiss architect
Manuel Herz has tracked down 80
of these lost monuments of African
independence for a new book,
African Modernism
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Photographs by Iwan Baan/
Alexia Webster/Park Books
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africandesignmagazine.com
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