Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence

by Christopher Turner

Pioneering and sometimes problematic Tropical Modernism is an essential subject for fans of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus

Emerging in the death throes of colonial rule, the story of Tropical Modernism is one of politics and power, decolonization and defiance. Its leading proponents, British architects Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry, adapted a utopian Bauhaus-derived Modernist aesthetic to hot and humid conditions. After Independence, Tropical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1838510559
• ISBN13: 9781838510558
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
• Length: 160 Pages