Main entry:

Elleh, Nnamdi, author.

Title & Author:

Architecture and politics in Nigeria : the study of a late twentieth-century Enlightenment-inspired modernism at Abuja, 1900-2016 / Nnamdi Elleh ; with an introduction by David Van Zanten.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Description:

l, 300 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Abuja in Nigerian and African modern architectural history -- Locating Abuja's urban form in global architectural modernism -- Abuja as a postcolonial capital city after World War II -- Abuja: a capital city in discontent with architectural modernism(s) -- Public space in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution and in the post-Berlin Wall context -- 2.The inauguration in the civic space, 2 December 1991 -- Contestations and wars in the public spaces of Abuja -- Emancipation in the public spaces at Abuja and in Nigerian cities -- Abuja as the public sphere for transforming Nigeria -- 3.The amalgamation of Nigeria and the search for capital city location, 1900 -- 1960 -- Modern landscape world-views of the Nigeria capitalist project -- Colonial debates to establish Nigeria and its national seat of government -- Lugard and the "dual mandate" world-view plan for Nigeria -- The social space facilitated by Lugard when he established Nigeria, 1900 -- 1960 -- Insiders' perspective I: Senator Abu Ibrahim and Professor Akin Mabogunje -- 4.General Obasanjo: Making the development of the FCT irreversible, 1976 -- 1979 -- The competition and the selection of Thomas Todd and Kenzo Tange -- President Shehu Shagari: "the light that failed" during the rush to build Abuja, 1979 -- 1983 -- Insider's perspective II: Umar G. Benna -- Insider's perspective III: E. A. D. Nsiegbe -- Insider's perspective IV: Denis Browne -- 5.The paths to "one of the most enormous commercial disputes in history" -- An oil boom in patronage of "a monument to progress" -- The cement scandal: the military exculpates itself from the national congestion caused by its capitalist interests -- A development "at breakneck speed": what was at stake for the suppliers? -- 6.Thomas Todd: reconstructing Nigeria's political consciousness in Washington, D.C.'s Enlightenment urban design ideas -- The city: from sketches to urban spaces -- The city as a space of social interactions and mnemonics -- Wallace McHarg Roberts and Todd (WMRT) of Philadelphia -- Who designed what at Abuja? The American Institute of Architects (AIA) finds itself in the middle of a design controversy -- Siting civic and public spaces in nature at Abuja -- Testing three generic urban forms on the site: compact, multi-centered, and linear urban forms -- Influences of design concepts from the urban forms of Brasilia, Chandigarh, Canberra, and Washington on Abuja's urban form -- Establishing the hygienic and monumental government precinct at Abuja -- Designing Abuja's civic and public spaces in the image of Washington, D.C.'s urban form -- The Mall: Todd's strategies for translating Abuja's national landscapes into civic and public spaces/spheres -- Discussing Todd's modular city: sectors, districts, communities, and neighborhoods -- 7.Kenzo Tange Urtec and Albert Speer Partners: the journey from Hiroshima and Tokyo to Abuja -- Reflections on the Tokyo Metropolitan Complex -- Designing Abuja's Central Area in 1981 after Tokyo Bay's 1960 master plan -- Tange's fortress Three Arms Zone at Abuja -- Insider's perspective V: Ryoji Terajima interviewed the interviewer -- Insider's Perspective VI: Testuo Furuichi, the elucidator of Tange's urban design -- Abuja's mall: Tange's epitaph and desire to free urban space by lifting buildings on pilotis -- Albert Speer's plan: an ecologically sensitive Champs Elysees for Abuja -- Insider's perspective VII: Matthias Nuss examines the master plans -- 8.Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC) and Doxiadis Associates: experiencing the modern neighborhoods and the neighbors -- Encountering the "other" in the center of unity -- Insider's perspective VIII: John Napleton and the design for living "modern" life at Abuja -- Doxiadis Associates and the Ekistics science -- The satellite towns -- 9.Conclusion: the planned capital where the president is a "squatter" -- Giving citizens the opportunity to participate in civic urban and architectural projects -- The military's hidden agenda -- Capital city as the civic and the public spheres for the exchange of ideas -- A late twentieth-century Enlightenment-inspired African modernism -- The planned capital where the president is a "squatter".

Summary:

"By examining the creation of the modernist national public spaces of Abuja within a broader historical and global context, this book looks at how the successes and the failures of these spaces have affected the citizens of the country and have, in fact, radicalized individuals and been scene to some of the most important political events and terrorist targets, including bombing and protest rallies. Although focusing on Nigeria's capital, the study has a wider global implication that calls attention to how postcolonial countries that were formed at the turn of the twentieth century are continuously fragmenting and remade by the emergence of new nation states like South Sudan."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781472465290 (hardback alkaline paper)
1472465296 (hardback alkaline paper)
(electronic book)
9781315567662

Subject:

Architecture Nigeria Abuja (Federal Capital Territory)
Architecture and state Nigeria.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Nigeria.
Architecture.
Architecture and state.
Architektur
Nationenbildung
Städtebau
Nigeria.
Nigeria Abuja (Federal Capital Territory)
Abuja

Added entries:

Van Zanten, David, 1943- writer of introduction

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294092
Call No.: BIB 239413
Status: Available