African Modernism – Architecture of Independence

Exhibition and Book

Book authored by Manuel Hertz Architects and published by Park Books, Zurich

Order the book at Park Books, at your local book store or on Amazon

Exhibition Tour:

• May 20, 2016 – June 30, 2016, Maison de l’Architecture, Pavillon SICLI, Geneva, Switzerland
• January 29, 2016 – April 16, 2016, Graham Foundation Chicago, USA
• February 20, 2015 – May 31, 2015, Vitra Design Museum Gallery, Weil am Rhein, Germany
• February 16, 2017 – May 27, 2017, The Center for Architecture, New York, USA
• November 15, 2018, January 18, 2019, Goethe-Zentrum Kampala UGCS

News coverage:

• Financial Times: The FT’s Summer books 2015, June 26, 2015
• Baron Mag: Les 10 livres d’architecture à lire en juin, May 29, 2015
• Architectural Record, March 17, 2015
• Le courrier de l’architecte: Modernisme in Vitra : Afrique cherche formol, April 3, 2015
• The Guardian: The forgotten masterpieces of African modernism, March 1, 2015
• The Guardian: Afro modernism: Africa’s avant-garde architecture boom – in pictures, March 1, 2015
• Phaidon: Who fancies a bit of African Modernism? February 23, 2015
• CNN: Africa’s amazing architecture: Do these buildings represent freedom? February 19, 2015
• Yale News: School of Architecture alumna leads ‘African Modernism’ exhibition in Uganda, February 12, 2019