Architecture of Independence: African Modernism
Friday, Feb 20, 201511:28 PM — Sunday, May 31, 201511:28 PMEDT
| Vitra Design Museum Weil am Rhein, Germany
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Architecture of Independence African Modernism 20.02.2015 – 31.05.2015 Vitra Design Museum Gallery When many countries in Central and Sub-Saharan Africa gained their independence in the 1960s, experimental and futuristic architecture became a principal means by which the young nations expressed their national identities. The exhibition in the Vitra Design Museum Gallery is one of the first presentations of this remarkable period of our more recent architectural history. This exhibition was researched and curated by architect and author Manuel Herz, with a substantial contribution by photographer Iwan Baan. The exhibition documents more than 50 buildings in countries such as Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia, Ghana and Senegal, which mirror the forward-looking spirit that was dominant in these countries at the time. http://www.design-museum.de/
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