304 pages illustrations (chiefly color), color maps 27 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
Place:
Africa, West
Afrique occidentale
West Africa
Date:
2018
Africa, West
Notes:
AFA copy 39088019754076 is a gift from Janet Stanley.
Summary:
"Art and especially architecture are often seen as the exclusive realm of formally trained experts. Award-winning architects Steven and Cathi House explore the other side of that reality in a part of the world that has been at the crossroads of history for thousands of years. With more than 500 photographs and insightful commentary, they reveal the remarkable beauty of the people, land, villages, textiles, and vernacular architecture across seven countries of West Africa, situated between the Sahara Desert and Atlantic Ocean. The book celebrates the artisanship of tribal people who use building methods that are both practical and ingenious and that respond not just to local climate, materials, and topography, but also to the needs of the inhabitants with poetic insight, creating environments that are stimulating and sustainable. With their clarity, function, and beauty, these villages are living models of what community life can be."-- Provided by publisher
