Futuristic pyramids and boxy concrete forms rose up with the modernist architecture of Africa in the 1960s and ’70s, although...
Futuristic pyramids and boxy concrete forms rose up with the modernist architecture of Africa in the 1960s and ’70s, although beyond the continent the radical forms aren’t widely recognized. Growth following independence from colonialism in Ghana, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Zambia, and Senegal coincided with this radical new aesthetic, dotting the countries with striking buildings that represented a new optimism.
Africa’s Overlooked Modernist Architecture from an Era of Independence
