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Author Drew, Jane

Title Village Housing in the Tropics : With Special Reference to West Africa
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (265 pages)
Series Studies in International Planning History
Studies in international planning history.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; 1 THE PROBLEM; 2 HOUSING; 3 HOUSING LAYOUTS; 4 HEALTH AND HYGIENE; 5 NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRES AND SPECIAL BUILDINGS; 6 BUILDING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN DETAILS; 7 GARDENS, TREEPLANTING, WALLS, VILLAGE STREET FURNITURE AND SIGNS
Summary Tropical Architecture, although now a highly contested and debated term, is the name given to European modern architecture that has been modified to suit the climatic and sometimes cultural context of hot countries. These hot countries were labelled 'the tropics' and were often European colonies, or countries that had recently won their independence. Fry & Drew's book, written on the threshold of the end of the British Empire, was one of the first publications to offer practical advice to architects working in 'the tropics', based on the empirical studies they conducted whilst based in British
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Subject City planning -- Tropics
Housing -- Tropics
Architecture, Tropical.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Residential.
Architecture, Tropical
City planning
Housing
Tropics
Form Electronic book
Author Fry, Maxwell
Ford, Harry L
ISBN 9781135018214
1135018219
1135018227
9781135018221
9781306174794
1306174791