African architecture and built environment

References

• Asomani-Boateng, R. (2011). "Borrowing from the past to sustain the present and the future: indigenous African urban forms, architecture, and sustainable urban development in contemporary Africa." Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 4(3), 239–262. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2011.634573.
  
• Bourdier, Jean-Paul, and Trinh Minh-ha. Drawn from African Dwelling (1996).
  • On Internet Archive - borrowable for 1hr at a time: https://archive.org/details/drawnfromafrican0000bour.
    
    

• Denyer. African Traditional Architecture (1978).
  
  

• Elleh, Nnamdi. African Architecture: Evolution and Transformation (McGraw Hill,1997).
  • so far the broadest, most extensively researched, best illustrated survey, a landmark work.
  • unfortunately, not very available - $85 used online, no previews on Amazon or Google Books.
  • Elleh is Associate Professor of Architecture, History and Theory at the University of Cincinnati. He was trained as an architect and received his PhD in art history from Northwestern University.
    
    

• Gardi, René. Indigenous African Architecture (1973).
  • On Internet Archive - borrowable for 1hr at a time: https://archive.org/details/indigenousafrica0000gard/.
    
    

• Garlake, Peter. Early Art and Architecture of Africa (Oxford University Press, 2002).
  • Full edition on ISSUU (online reading only): https://issuu.com/cleaningsrvices42/docs/0192842617-early-art-and-architecture-of-africa-by-peter-garlake.
  • On Internet Archive - borrowable for 1hr at a time: https://archive.org/details/earlyartarchitec00garl.
    
    
• Richard Hull. African Cities and Towns before the European Conquest (1976).
  

• Kulterman, Udo Kultermann. (1969). New Directions in African Architecture. London: Studio Vista, 1969. ISBN 289-79674-1.