Hardcover.
229 pages.
The diversity and complexity of African vernacular architecture remain widely unknown both to the general public and to architects. Yet Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) encompasses an astonishing variety of design principles and building techniques that belie the widespread image of the primitive hut so readily associated with rural Africa. This provides a convincing interpretation of the relationship between spatial organization and daily activity in Gurunsi life.
Examines the architecture of eight distinct ethnic groups in Upper Volta known collectively as the Gurunsi.
