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Book Synopsis What Are Houses Like in Africa? by : Robbie Byerly
Download or read book What Are Houses Like in Africa? written by Robbie Byerly and published by Readings. This book was released on 2017-02 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These titles introduce students to the diversity of cultures across the continent of Africa through a topic familiar to their own lives
Book Synopsis What Are Houses Like in Africa? (FSTK ONLY) by : Gina Cline
Download or read book What Are Houses Like in Africa? (FSTK ONLY) written by Gina Cline and published by ARC Press Books. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These titles introduce students to the diversity of cultures across the continent of Africa through a topic familiar to their own lives
Book Synopsis Historic Houses of South Africa by : Graham Viney
Download or read book Historic Houses of South Africa written by Graham Viney and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specially commissioned photographs and lively text capture the spirit of 23 of South Africa's grandest houses, following a timeline of social and cultural development. Authoritative text brings to life the spirit of the houses, along with their builders and occupantsfrom Dutch East India Company merchants and English aristocrats to 19th-century sugar barons and diamond magnates. 337 illustrations. 237 in full color.
Book Synopsis African Painted Houses by : Gary Van Wyk
Download or read book African Painted Houses written by Gary Van Wyk and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1998-03-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the early history of the Basotho people of Lesotho in the high veldt of southern Africa and describes their ceremonies that persist in the modern world. Focuses on male and female initiation rituals, the practices of female diviners and healers, and the sacred landscape that the people revere, as well as their colorful painted houses, which are a form of prayer. Includes many color photos. Oversize: 9x10.5". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis The African Dwelling by : Epée Ellong
Download or read book The African Dwelling written by Epée Ellong and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Housing has changed in Sub-Saharan Africa since the Europeans arrived. Africans no longer live in traditional homes. This historical transition from "hut to house," from traditional to Western style, reflects slavery, colonialism and other social influences. This book focuses on Cameroon, known as "Africa in Miniature" because of its geographical and cultural representation of the continent at large. Architectural styles, materials and construction techniques are discussed within a larger context, examining how lifestyle changes and architectural trends influence each other. This work is a rich examination of the challenges and opportunities for a new generation of African architects to integrate the lessons of the past and create a future more responsive to the region's needs.
Book Synopsis Vernacular Architecture of West Africa by : Jean-Paul Bourdier
Download or read book Vernacular Architecture of West Africa written by Jean-Paul Bourdier and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The dwellings of hundreds of African ethnic groups offer a variety of ideas and construction practices which contradict the widespread image of the primitive huts comonly atributed to rural Africa... The cultural dimension and its application using different architectural practices are illustrated in this work."--Book jacket.
Book Synopsis Housing Market Dynamics in Africa by : El-hadj M. Bah
Download or read book Housing Market Dynamics in Africa written by El-hadj M. Bah and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book utilizes new data to thoroughly analyze the main factors currently shaping the African housing market. Some of these factors include the supply and demand for housing finance, land tenure security issues, construction cost conundrum, infrastructure provision, and low-cost housing alternatives. Through detailed analysis, the authors investigate the political economy surrounding the continent’s housing market and the constraints that behind-the-scenes policy makers need to address in their attempts to provide affordable housing for the majority in need. With Africa’s urban population growing rapidly, this study highlights how broad demographic shifts and rapid urbanization are placing enormous pressure on the limited infrastructure in many cities and stretching the economic and social fabric of municipalities to their breaking point. But beyond providing a snapshot of the present conditions of the African housing market, the book offers recommendations and actionable measures for policy makers and other stakeholders on how best to provide affordable housing and alleviate Africa’s housing deficit. This work will be of particular interest to practitioners, non-governmental organizations, private sector actors, students and researchers of economic policy, international development, and urban development.
Book Synopsis Housing in Africa by : United Nations
Download or read book Housing in Africa written by United Nations and published by [New York] : United Nations. This book was released on 1965 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African Modernism written by Manuel Herz and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-10 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the most comprehensive survey of modern architecture in Africa to date. When the first edition of African Modernism was published in 2015, it was received with international praise and has been sought after constantly ever since it went out of print in 2018. Marking Park Books' 10th anniversary, this landmark book becomes available again in a new edition. In the 1950s and 1960s, most African countries gained independence from their respective colonial power. Architecture became one of the principal means by which the newly formed countries expressed their national identity. African Modernism investigates the close relationship between architecture and nation-building in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. It features one hundred buildings with brief descriptive texts, images, site plans, and selected floor plans and sections. The vast majority of images were newly taken by Iwan Baan and Alexia Webster for the book's first edition. Their photographs document the buildings in their present state. Each country is portrayed in an introductory text and a timeline of historic events. Further essays on postcolonial Africa and specific aspects and topics, also illustrated with images and documents, round out this outstanding volume.
Book Synopsis African Traditional Architecture by : Susan Denyer
Download or read book African Traditional Architecture written by Susan Denyer and published by Africana Pub.. This book was released on 1978 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book South African House Plans 2 written by and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the more appealing ways to obtain the house of your dreams is to buy a stand and have it built according to your own requirements. Following on from the success of the first book, South Africa House Plans, this book is for people who plan to build their own homes or just wish to browse for ideas. South African Hosue Plans 2 features 121 house plans ranging from 24 m2 to 566 m2 in eight architectural styles, including Bali, Modern, Tuscan and Contemporary. Detailed floor plans and 3D renderings provide a novel way for people to better envision their future home. The plans are aimed at the local market and comply with South African building regulations and set conditions. All the plans have been designed by a qualified, and some award-winning, architects. A full set of building plans for a majority of the plans featured in South African House Plans 2 can be purchased on the website www.inhouseplans.com at a discount and delivered bu courier withing five days.
Book Synopsis Prefabricated Houses for Africans by : Betty Spence
Download or read book Prefabricated Houses for Africans written by Betty Spence and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Remarkable Heritage Houses of South Africa by : Nini Bairnsfather Cloete
Download or read book Remarkable Heritage Houses of South Africa written by Nini Bairnsfather Cloete and published by Quivertree Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a grand sandstone mansion rescued from dilapidation in the scrubby Free State veld, to a romantic Arts & Crafts style double-storey that presides over a halfacre of prime real estate in the high Berea suburb of Durban, Remarkable Heritage Houses of South Africa provides a privileged glimpse inside 20 of the country's most distinguished, remarkable and treasured private residences. Predominantly constructed no later than the mid 1950s and chosen for the singular legacy each keeps alive, these are homes that blend architectural integrity with an uncanny sense of place. Some more 'historic' than others, they have been sensitively rescued or meticulously preserved, or simply kept current with custodianship that has at all times respected their unique pedigree. Strikingly captured by distinguished photographer, Craig Fraser, they cover the full gamut of locations, architectural genres and interior decorating styles, yet have all been skilfully adapted to meet the demands of modern living.
Book Synopsis African Traditional Architecture by : Kaj Blegvad Andersen
Download or read book African Traditional Architecture written by Kaj Blegvad Andersen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1977 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beschrijving van leefgewoonten, bouwkunst en gebruiksvoorwerpen van verschillende stammen
Book Synopsis Historic Houses of South Africa by : Dorothea Fairbridge
Download or read book Historic Houses of South Africa written by Dorothea Fairbridge and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Architectures of Belonging by : Ann Cassiman
Download or read book Architectures of Belonging written by Ann Cassiman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the West, much attention is paid to the quality of housing in terms of material comfort and durability. However, houses no longer grow organically, and are no longer layered by time, or embedded in a social community and intertwined with the natural environment. The house, and even more the interior of the house, has become an expression of the individuality of the inhabitant (witness the whole marketing of lifestyle, design, interior decoration, cocooning, etcetera). Paradoxically, though, this goes hand in hand with the erosion of the house as a signifier. Houses are becoming almost generic realities, without a memory or a past, the anonymous results of mass-production, or the interchangeable, standardized products of a globalised Ikea and turnkey culture. In contrast to the poor signifier that the Western house has become, the chapters in this books analyze the rich meanings embedded in the processes of dwelling in rural West African worlds, with an emphasis on Ghana and Burkina Faso--P. 4 of cover.
Download or read book A Place to Live written by Ann Schlyter and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1996 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be it a house or a makeshift, a shared or rented room, or a home of one's own, a place to live is central in the survival strategies of all urban households. In this volume the above authors explore the gendered experiences of housing and housing rights in African countries. The collection begins with articles on conceptual and methodological problems in gender-aware research. The following articles present cases showing a wide variety in housing experiences, a variety which depends on urban setting, tenure forms, stage in the life cycle or other factors. There are many differences but also many similarities in the pattern of women not having the same access and control over housing as men have. While women are often the main bread-winners, they are also the home-makers, in the literal sense that it is women who put intense efforts into making a place home.
