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Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence

2 Mar-22 Sep 2024

V&A
London SW7 2RL
Illustration from The Architectural Review, 1953. Courtesy RIBA Collections. © Gordon Cullen Estate

Overview

Tropical Modernism was an architectural style developed in the hot, humid conditions of West Africa in the 1940s. After independence, India and Ghana adopted the style as a symbol of modernity and progressiveness, distinct from colonial culture.

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