Tropical Modernism was an architectural style developed in the hot, humid conditions of West Africa in the 1940s. After independence, India and Ghana adopted the style as a symbol of modernity and progressiveness, distinct from colonial culture.
Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence
Learn how British modernist architecture of the 1940s was adapted to the hot, humid conditions of West Africa and South Asia. Discover how the nations of Ghana and India reclaimed the style for nation-building and meet the architects who established Tropical Modernism as a symbol of a post-colonial future.
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