The Architecture of Peter Rich

The Architecture of Peter Rich
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Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 1848222572
ISBN-13 : 9781848222571
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Book Synopsis The Architecture of Peter Rich by : Jonathan Noble

Download or read book The Architecture of Peter Rich written by Jonathan Noble and published by Lund Humphries Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally renowned, Peter Rich's career represents a lifelong attempt to find a contemporary, yet uniquely African mode of design. This book follows the chronology of his work which emerges from a fascination with African tribal settlements, including his documentation, publication and exhibition of Ndebele art and architecture, and his friendship with sculptor Jackson Hlungwani. It explores what Rich calls "African Space Making" and its forms of complex symmetry; various collaborative community oriented designs of the Apartheid and post-Apartheid period, especially Mandela's Yard in Alexandra township; and finally, his more recent timbrel vaulted structures, constructed from low-tech hand-pressed soil tiles derived from his highly innovative and award winning work at Mapungubwe. The book shows how Rich combines these rich African influences, his sensitivity to the local context and his environmental awareness with Modernist principles.


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