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​African Urbanism: Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Age of Megacities | Mathias Agbo Jr. | ArchDaily | 2021

 

African Traditional Architecture | Susan Denyer | The Journal of African History Vol. 21, Issue 4 | 1980

 

Afro-Brazilian Architecture in Southwest Colonial Nigeria (1890s-1940s) | Adedoyin Teriba | 2017

 

Architecture, History and the Debate on Identity Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa | Ikem Stanley Okoye | Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians | 2002 

 

A Hot Topic - Tropical Architecture and Its Aftermath | Marion Von Osten | bauhaus imaginista | 2018

 

Affecting Architecture of the Yoruba | John Michael Vlach |  African Arts  Vol. 10, No. 1 | 1976

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Bauhaus Modernism and the Nigerian Connection - The Socio-Political Context of Arieh Sharon and the University of Ile-Ife Design | Babatunde E. Jaiyeoba | bauhaus imaginista | 2018

 

Beyond Cement and Iron - Contextualizing Isreali Architecture in Africa | Haim Yacobi | bauhaus imaginista | 2018

 

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Cities Like Lagos Need Building Designs That Don’t Just Copy Global Styles | Dr Anthony Ogbuokiri and Dr Emmanuel Manu | The Conversation | 2020

 

Classification of Nigerian Architecture | Dr. Bogda Prucnal-Ogunsote | AArches Journal Vol. 1, No. 6 | -

 

Colonial Architecture in Ile-Ife | Cordelia Osasona | bauhaus imaginista | 2018

 

Colonial Footprints: Lagos, Then and Now | The Centenary Project | 2014

 

Colonial Philosophies, Urban Space, and Racial Segregation in British and French Colonial Africa | Ambe J. Njoh | Journal of Black Studies 38 | 2008

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Côte d’Ivoire: Modern Architecture Along Africa's Ivory Coast | Eric Baldwin | ArchDaily | 2019

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Ile Timi: The Interface between Traditional and Vernacular Architecture in Ile-Ife | C. O. Osasona & F. O. Ewemade | -

 

Instructional Strategies for Teaching Cross-Cultural Design: A Pedagogical Example Using Nigerian and South African Spatial Forms | Abimbola O. Asojo | 2013

 

Irin Journal | Issue 01: Lagos | 2019

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Learning from Lagos | Matthew Gandy | New Left Review | 2005

 

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Modern Architecture in Post-Colonial Ghana and Nigeria | Hannah Le Roux | Architectural History: Journal of the Architectural Historians of Great Britain, Vol. 46 | 2003

 

Modernist Architecture and ‘The Tropical’ in West Africa: The Tropical Architecture Movement in West Africa, 1948-1970 | Ola Uduku | 2005

 

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Nationalism and the Rhetoric of Modernism in Nigeria: The Art of Uche Okeke and Demas Nwoko | Chika Okeke-Agulu and John Pieton | African Arts Vol. 39 | 2006

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Nation Building through Campus Architecture - Israeli Architects Arieh Sharon and Eldar Sharon’s Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Campus in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 1962-1976 | Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler | bauhaus imaginista | 2018

 

Nigerian Campus Design - A Juxtaposition of Traditional and Contemporary Architecture | Abimbola O. Asojo | bauhaus imaginista | 2018

 

 

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Rebuilding Nigeria: When Architecture Is About Restoring Culture | Mathias Agbo Jr. | ArchDaily | 2019

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Space and House Form: Teaching Cultural Significance to Nigerian Students | David Aradeon | Journal of Architectural Education Vol. 35, No. 1 | Fall 1981

 

Socio-Psychological Impact of Outdoor Sculptures in Nigeria Urban Cities | Allan Francis Ebunola Oladugbagbe | 2016

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The Architecture of 1st Generation Nigerian Universities | Federal University of Yola | Lecture Notes | 2007

 

The International Style in Nigerian Architecture | Federal University of Yola | Lecture Notes | 2007

 

The Legacy of Arieh Sharon’s Postcolonial Modernist Architecture at the Obafemi Awolowo University Campus in Ile-Ife Nigeria | Bayo Amole | bauhaus imaginista | 2018

 

The Politics of Architecture and Urbanism in Postcolonial Lagos | Daniel Immerwahr | Journal of African Cultural Studies 19 | 2007

 

The Transformation of Aesthetics in Architecture from Traditional to Modern Architecture: A Case Study of the Yoruba (Southwestern) Region of Nigeria | Femi Emmanuel Arenibafo | Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 1, No. 1 | 2017

 

Tropical Architecture / Building Skin | Hannah Le Roux | bauhaus imaginista | 2018

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Urban Planning as a Tool of Power and Social Control in Colonial Africa | Ambe J. Njoh | Planning Perspectives 24 | 2009

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Why African Vernacular Architecture Is Overdue for a Renaissance | Mathias Agbo Jr. | ArchDaily | 2018

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