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049			_aCARIBET
050			_aNA2542.T7 _bT87 2024
100			_aTurner, Christopher _9302908
245			_aTropical modernism : _barchitecture and independence. / _cTurner, Christopher, 1972- author, interviewer. _htxt
264			_aLondon : _bV&A Publishing, _c2024.
300			_a224 p. : _bill. ; col. ; maps ; portraits ; _c22 x 27 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediaded _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliography and index.
505			_a7 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 --
520			_a"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
650		0	_aARCHITECTURE / General _9196833
650		0	_aArchitecture and Planning. _9196863
650		0	_aArchitecture, Modern _y20th century _9196974 _xExhibitions
650		0	_aArchitecture, Tropical _y20th century _954103 _vExhibitions _xHistory _zAfrica, West
650		0	_aArchitecture, Tropical _y20th century _954103 _vExhibitions _xHistory _zIndia
650		0	_aExhibition catalogs _9299216
650		0	_aHistory _9111420
650		0	_aInterviews _9115841
650		0	_aModern movement Architecture _9137430 _xExhibitions
651		0	_aIndia _918895
651		0	_aAfrica, French-speaking West _949604
700			_aHunt, Tristram _9302909
700			_aUduku, Ola _9302910
700			_aNkrumah, Samia _9302911
700			_aPrakash, Vikramaditya. _9265753
700			_aJeet, Malhotra _9302912
700			_aWellington, H. Nii-Adziri _9302913
700			_a Owusu Addo, John _9302914
700			_aRahman, Ram _9302915
700			_aRewal, Raj _9302916
700			_aVictoria and Albert Museum _9302917
700			_aV&A Publishing (Publisher, Publisher) _9302918
942			_2lcc _c27 _hNA2542.T7 _kGeneral _mT87 2024
999			_c305755 _d305755