CAT 360 — African Architecture
BA BA Culture and Tourism · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
The course discusses architecture on the African continent. It begins with the early architecture of Africa and ends with the practise of architecture on the continent today. It examines both traditional and modern architecture and will further discuss various factors, which have produced African architecture. Five major factors --- Climate, Society, Culture, Needs and Technology --- will be examined in the discussion which will be done under broad classifications of Nomad, Coastal (marine), Rural, Urban and Monumental Architecture in Africa.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 300
Other courses on this programme
- CAT 351 — Research Methods in Tourism I
- CAT 352 — Research Methods in Tourism II
- CAT 353 — Tourism and Development I
- CAT 354 — Tourism and Development II
- CAT 355 — Cultural Policies and Tourism Development
- CAT 356 — Tourism Plans and Policies
- CAT 357 — Tourism Entrepreneurship I
- CAT 358 — Tourism Entrepreneurship II
- CAT 359 — Health and Tourism
- CAT 361 — Traditional Market Forms
- CAT 362 — Traditional Foods
- CAT 363 — Indigenous Architecture
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