| The Architecture of Peter Rich: Conversations with Africa Contributor(s): Noble, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848222572 ISBN-13: 9781848222571 Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd OUR PRICE: $85.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - Monographs - Architecture | Professional Practice |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.6" W x 9.9" (1.95 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Internationally renowned, Peter Rich's career represents a lifelong attempt to find a contemporary, yet uniquely African mode of design. This book follows the chronology of his work which emerges from a fascination with African tribal settlements, including his documentation, publication, and exhibition of Ndebele art and architecture, and his friendship with sculptor Jackson Hlungwani. It explores what Rich calls "African Space Making" and its forms of complex symmetry; various collaborative community oriented designs of the Apartheid and post-Apartheid period, especially Mandela's Yard in Alexandra township; and finally, his more recent timbrel vaulted structures, constructed from low-tech hand-pressed soil tiles derived from his highly innovative and award-winning work at Mapungubwe. The book shows how Rich combines these rich African influences, his sensitivity to the local context, and his environmental awareness with Modernist principles. |
