Research Guides
African Art: Architecture
UW Art Library guide on finding books, journals, and databases on African Art.
Resources on African Architecture
To search for more books and articles about architecture in specific African countries, you can do a keyword search experimenting with multiple combinations of "Architecture AND [insert the African country, region, tribe, or culture you're researching]." For example, you may want to explore "Architecture AND Djibouti" or "Islamic architecture AND Africa."
Our Built Environments Library has an excellent collection of books on architecture across cultures. I would recommend a visit if you plan to focus on African architecture!
African Architecture: Evolution and Transformation by Call Number: NA1580 .E44 1997Publication Date: 1997
African Nomadic Architecture: Space, Place, and Gender by Call Number: NA7461.A1 P78 1995Publication Date: 1995
Falling Monuments, Reluctant Ruins: The Persistence of the Past in the Architecture of Apartheid by ISBN: 9781776146703Publication Date: 2021
African Metropolitan Architecture (7-volume set) by Call Number: NA1580 .A45 2011ISBN: 9780847837168Publication Date: 2011
The early Islamic architecture of the East African coast by Call Number: NA1597.E2 G3Publication Date: 1966
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Databases
- Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive resource covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, folk art, film, architecture, and architectural design. - Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Index to publications in architecture, urban design, urban planning, interior design, and historic preservation. - Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
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Art reference works, biographies, and encyclopedias, including Grove Art Online and Benezit Dictionary of Artists.
Additional Research Guides
Afritecture: Building Social Change by Call Number: NA1580 .A37 2013ISBN: 9783775736619Publication Date: 2014
The Basilicas of Ethiopia: An Architectural History by Publication Date: 2017
