Modernist architecture and 'the tropical' in West Africa: The tropical architecture movement in West Africa, 1948-1970

Habitat International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 396-411

  Uduku, Ola ^a  

^a University of Strathlclyde   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architectural association; Modernism; Tropical architecture; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BUILDING; SOCIAL HISTORY;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33744984396     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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