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Oculus Book Talk: David Adjaye, African Metropolitan Architecture

David Adjaye will present his book African Metropolitan Architecture.

Internationally renowned for his distinguished buildings David Adjaye was raised and educated in London but born in Tanzania, and he has derived great inspiration for his work from Africa. This book is the culmination of a personal quest; a decade-long project to document the built environment of every major African city.

Adjaye has photographed thousands of structures and places, letting each image speak for itself. Fifty-two cities are featured, arranged by terrain and region, including: the Maghreb, the Sahel, Savannah and Grassland, Mountain and Highveld, Desert, and Forest. Each is presented with a concise urban history, fact file, maps, and satellite imagery along with the photographs and essays by leading scholars and critics.











When: Mon., Oct. 15, 2012 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Pl.
212-683-0023
Price: $10
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David Adjaye will present his book African Metropolitan Architecture.

Internationally renowned for his distinguished buildings David Adjaye was raised and educated in London but born in Tanzania, and he has derived great inspiration for his work from Africa. This book is the culmination of a personal quest; a decade-long project to document the built environment of every major African city.

Adjaye has photographed thousands of structures and places, letting each image speak for itself. Fifty-two cities are featured, arranged by terrain and region, including: the Maghreb, the Sahel, Savannah and Grassland, Mountain and Highveld, Desert, and Forest. Each is presented with a concise urban history, fact file, maps, and satellite imagery along with the photographs and essays by leading scholars and critics.

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