03578nam a22005297a 4500 pucpr 20260224154820.0 260224b2024 |||abc|| b||| 001 0 eng d 9781838510558 1838510559 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET NA2542.T7 T87 2024 Turner, Christopher 302908 Tropical modernism : architecture and independence. / Turner, Christopher, 1972- author, interviewer. txt London : V&A Publishing, 2024. 224 p. : ill. ; col. ; maps ; portraits ; 22 x 27 cm rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediaded n rdacarrier volume nc Includes bibliography and index. 7 Foreword Tristam Hunt -- 9 Introduction Architecture and Power in West Africa and India -- 17 The Invention of Tropical Modernism: The African Experiment -- 20 Interview: Ola Uduku -- 58 Interview: Samia Nkrumah -- 65 Chandigarh: Temples of a New India -- 68 Interview: Vikramaditya Prakash -- 106 Interview: Jeet Malhotra -- 113 ‘Africa Must Unite or Perish!’: Beacons for a Free Africa -- 116 Interview: Henry Wellington -- 150 Interview: John Owusu Addo -- 157 Nehruvian Modernism: A Tool for National Regeneration -- 160 Interview: Ram Rahman -- 192 Interview: Raj Rewal -- 201 Epilogue -- A Future for Tropical Modernism -- 214 Notes -- 216 Bibliography -- 219 Acknowledgements -- 223 Picture Credits -- "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." -- Provided by publisher ARCHITECTURE / General 196833 Architecture and Planning. 196863 Architecture, Modern 20th century 196974 Exhibitions Architecture, Tropical 20th century 54103 Exhibitions History Africa, West Architecture, Tropical 20th century 54103 Exhibitions History India Exhibition catalogs 299216 History 111420 Interviews 115841 Modern movement Architecture 137430 Exhibitions India 18895 Africa, French-speaking West 49604 Hunt, Tristram 302909 Uduku, Ola 302910 Nkrumah, Samia 302911 Prakash, Vikramaditya. 265753 Jeet, Malhotra 302912 Wellington, H. Nii-Adziri 302913 Owusu Addo, John 302914 Rahman, Ram 302915 Rewal, Raj 302916 Victoria and Albert Museum 302917 V&A Publishing (Publisher, Publisher) 302918 lcc 27 NA2542.T7 General T87 2024 305755 305755 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2026-02-24 Amazon 30.45 0 General NA2542.T7 T87 2024 91000000753186 2026-02-24 15:49:24 1 40.45 0000-00-00 27