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Olajumoke Adenowo is a renowned Nigerian architect who heads her own architecture and interior design firm, AD Consulting, which she founded in Lagos in 1994. A gifted student, at the age of 14 she enrolled at Obafemi Awolowo University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours Architecture)...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adenowo, Olajumoke (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Rizzoli International Publications, [2023].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Adenowo, Olajumoke.
Architecture > Africa > History.
Architecture > Africa > Influence.
Architecture, Modern > 21st century.
Regional planning.
Cultural property > Africa.
Africa > Civilization.
Table of Contents:
  • Neo heritage : defining contemporary African architecture / Rowland Abiodun
  • Neo heritage
  • Why Nigeria?
  • Paradigms of beauty
  • Light
  • Climate-responsive buildings
  • The fourth dimension
  • Functional art
  • Contextual veracity
  • Gesamtkunstwerk
  • Zeitgeist
  • In conversation with Olajumoke Adenowo
  • Olajumoke Adenowo biography
  • Projects list.