Architecture and power in Africa /

• Main Author: Elleh, Nnamdi (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
• Subjects: Αρχιτεκτονική > Αφρική; Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία

Two of the most ambitious religious edifices of the 20th century are the Our Lady of Peace Basilica in the West African country of the Ivory Coast and the Hassan II Mosque in Morocco. Nnamdi Elleh not only provides a substantial architectural and pictorial analysis of the buildings themselves. Using...

Table of Contents:

• Illustrations; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Experiencing the Monuments; 2. Designing the Monuments and the Cities; 3. The Leaders, the Monuments, and the Peoples; Glossary of Select Architectural Terms; Index.