A guy on Twitter made a thread of some beautiful African Architecture and it is really beautiful.
His thread went viral and people appreciated these overlooked gems.
He wrote: ‘’I noticed African Architecture isn’t really showcased compared to Asian, European, Middle Eastern and Indian. So here is a thread of African Architectural styles. Starting with Nubian.’’
I noticed African Architecture isn’t really showcased compared to Asian, European, Middle Eastern and Indian.
So here is a thread of African Architectural styles.
Starting with Nubian pic.twitter.com/3uEhg6uYCQ
— Igbo Excellence (@1ncognito___) August 31, 2019
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He started the thread with Nubian architecture. According to Wikipedia, ‘’Nubian architecture is diverse and ancient. Permanent villages have been found in Nubia which date from 6000 BC. These villages were roughly contemporary with the walled town of Jericho in Palestine.’’
He wrote: ‘’I hope as Africa develops more African governments and countries take inspiration from native African architectural styles.’’
The Great Mosque of Djenné is one of the greatest achievements of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style. It is built using mud bricks and reinforced with large wooden logs that stick out of the building’s facade. The most famous of these mud-brick mosques is the Great Mosque of Djenné in Mali.
According to Wikipedia, “Somali architecture is the engineering and designing of multiple different construction types such as stone cities, castles, citadels, fortresses, mosques, temples, aqueducts, lighthouses, towers and tombs during the ancient, medieval and early modern periods in Somalia and other regions inhabited by Somalis, as well as the fusion of Somalo-Islamic architecture with Western designs in contemporary times.
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“Swahili architecture is a term used today to designate a whole range of diverse building traditions practiced or once practiced along the eastern and southeastern coasts of Africa.
… Exotic ornament and design elements also connected the architecture of the Swahili coast to other Islamic port cities.’’
”The architecture of Madagascar is unique in Africa, bearing a strong resemblance to the construction norms and methods of Southern Borneo from which the earliest inhabitants of Madagascar are believed to have immigrated.
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The use of local material and historical rootedness define Contemporary African Architecture.
”Architects Diebedo Francis Kere and Kunle Adeyami use local material like clay and timber to construct structures which meet the needs of their communities.”
According to Wiki: ”The architecture of Lagos is an eclectic mix of different types, styles and periods.
Buildings range from traditional vernacular architecture to tropical, modern architecture or a mixture. … Lagos has the tallest skyline in Nigeria. Skyscraper construction commenced in the 1960’s.”
”Traditional Ghanaian architecture was driven by the raw material available for buildings, such as thatch for roofing and mud and wood for walls.
Today, such buildings are rare, although modern architects try to borrow some of their elements when designing and constructing buildings,” according to The Culture Tip.
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