01397nam a22002297a 4500 OSt 20260303052704.0 260303b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9783906027746 Goethe Zentrum Library CA2016/02 The Architecture of Independence: Ghana ,Senegal ,Cote d'Ivoire ,Kenya ,Zambia 2. Auflage Germany Park Books AG 2016 639p. ;pictures 23cm. In the 1950s and 1960s most African countries gained their independence .Architecture became one of the principal means by which the young nations expressed their national identity . Parliament buildings, central banks ,stadiums ,convemtion centers ,universities and independence memorials were bulit with often heroic and daring designs. This book investigates for the first time the relationship between architecture and nation building in Ghana, Senegal ,Kenya ,Cote d'Ivoire and Zambia. It features around eighty buildings with descriptive texts, photographs, site plans and selected floor plans and sections .The images ,commissioned especially for this book ,are contributed by renowned photographers Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster. Herz ,Manuel Editor Schröder ,Ingrid Editor Focketyn ,Hans Editor Jamrozik ,Julia Editor Custom CA 0 1328 1328 0 0 Custom 0 0 GZKL GZKL 2026-03-03 0 CA2016/02 2026-0079 2026-03-03 05:53:00 2026-03-03 CA