From February 20 the Vitra Design Museum will host "Architecture of Independence - African Modernism," an exhibition curated by architect and author Manuel Herz. Featuring numerous photographic contributions by Iwan Baan, "Architecture of Independence" explores the experimental and futuristic architecture produced in 1960s Central and Sub-Saharan Africa during the region's period of newfound independence.
The exhibition's extensive catalogue spans more than 80 buildings in five countries, including projects from Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal. Civic buildings such as banks, stadiums, memorials, and houses of parliament are heavily featured, highlighting what the Vitra Design Museum describes as "the relationship between the architectural production of the countries named above and their individual nation-building process."
