Architecture of Peter Rich

Internationally renowned, Peter Rich’s career represents a lifelong attempt to find a contemporary, yet uniquely African mode of design. This book follows the chronology of his work which emerges from a fascination with African tribal settlements, including his documentation, publication and exhibition of Ndebele art and architecture, and his friendship with sculptor Jackson Hlungwani. It explores what Rich calls “African Space Making” and its forms of complex symmetry; various collaborative community oriented designs of the Apartheid and post-Apartheid period, especially Mandela's Yard in Alexandra township; and finally, his more recent timbrel vaulted structures, constructed from low-tech hand-pressed soil tiles derived from his highly innovative and award winning work at Mapungubwe. The book shows how Rich combines these rich African influences, his sensitivity to the local context and his environmental awareness with Modernist principles.

De renume international, cariera lui Peter Rich reprezinta o incercare de-a lungul vietii de a gasi un mod de design contemporan, dar unic african. Aceasta carte urmareste cronologia operei sale care reiese din fascinatia pentru asezarile tribale africane, inclusiv documentatia, publicarea si expozitia sa de arta si arhitectura Ndebele si prietenia sa cu sculptorul Jackson Hlungwani.