Modern Architecture in Africa
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Modern Architecture in Africa is one of the few Western studies of modern African architecture. The architect Antoni Folkers calls into question the moralistic, simplified Western Modernism that has become stranded in the African savannah. The critique of the one-sidedness of Western architecture is not only theoretical, but also assumes a practical form in the pluriform and multi-coloured architecture of Africa.
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Antoni Folkers
Antoni Folkers is an architect and urbanist. He moved to Africa in the 1980s, where he set up the firm FBW architects with branches in Kampala (Uganda), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and elsewhere. Since 2000 Folkers and his practice have been based in Utrecht. He is the founder and director of the ArchiAfrika platform.
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