Der unbekannte = The unknown = L'inconnu : Oscar Niemeyer in Algiers /

Some fifty years after Algeria gained independence and forty years after the founding of the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne (Université des sciences et de la technologie Houari-Boumediene), Andreas Rost explores with his photography project the avant-garde aims and social re...

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Other Authors: Rost, Andreas, 1966- (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:German
English
French
Language Notes:Text in German with English and French translations.
Published: Nürnberg : Verlag für Moderne Kunst, [2015]
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Summary:Some fifty years after Algeria gained independence and forty years after the founding of the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumedienne (Université des sciences et de la technologie Houari-Boumediene), Andreas Rost explores with his photography project the avant-garde aims and social reality of this university designed by Oscar Niemeyer. Amazingly the university is little known and seldom depicted even amongst architecture experts. Conceived as a place of instruction for 15,000 students, just under 25,000 now study there. The photographer sees the campus as a post-modern building long before this term existed.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 21 x 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783869845593
3869845597