Dom Publishers' ambitious Sub-Saharan Africa Architectural Guide covers the history and significant buildings of 49 countries in Africa. Its editors explain the aim of the multi-volume publication in the first of a seven-part collaboration focused on the architecture of the continent.
Edited by Philipp Meuser and Adil Dalbai, with contributions from nearly 350 authors, the Sub-Saharan Africa Architectural Guide aims to be a comprehensive guide to architecture in the southern part of the continent.
"For the very first time the architecture of every sub-Saharan country is presented individually in an individual chapter, some of which cover the respective country's contemporary architecture for the first time ever," explained Dalbai.
The guide contains historic structures like the Black Star Square arch in Accra (top) and contemporary buildings like Kéré Architecture's Centre de Santé et de Promotion Sociale in Laongo "Most importantly the project's polyphony makes it unique, with the multiple perspectives of nearly 350 authors it offers on a diverse continent," he told Dezeen.
"Therefore, it is not only a guide book in the traditional sense but much more, featuring impressive photographs and essays on various aspects of the continent?s building culture."
"It's a richly illustrated resource for both travellers and interested laypeople"
Meuser, who is also the owner of Dom Publishers, first decided he wanted to create a guide to sub-...