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    Tropical Modernism at the V&A review: how architecture became a symbol of independence

    by Ben Luke Feb 28, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: James Barnor. Courtesy of galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière

    Tropical Modernism is an architectural style. But it’s also intimately connected to postcolonial independence and nation-building – in India and Ghana and far beyond. And it’s being reevaluated in contemporary architecture, especially in the context of the climate emergency. Its legacies and meanings are very much alive.

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