Architecture in Asmara: Colonial Origin and Postcolonial Experience

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The ancient city of Asmara is the capital of Eritrea and its largest settlement. Its beautiful architecture was rediscovered by outsiders in the early 1990s. In this book, the authors offer an original analysis of the colonial city, providing a history not only of the physical and visible urban reality, but also of a second, invisible city as it ex

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Peter Volgger, studied philosophy, history, and art history at the Innsbruck University. Since 2003, he works as freelance architect. He recently joined the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture and the Institut fr Gestaltung at the Innsbruck University (Ass. Prof.), and the Institute for Architecture and Planning at the Liechtenstein University (Guest-Prof.), as a teacher and researcher. He is a member of the kulturhauptstad 2024 initiative in Vienna. Since 2012, he does his research work in Eritrea. He is a member of the Research Center for Migration and Globalisation in Innsbruck. Stefan Graf is an architect and art historian. The academic field of architectural theory gave him the opportunity to satisfy his multifaceted interests in art, architecture and cultural theory. He wrote his diploma thesis about Asmara and was part of the research project Asmara The Sleeping Beauty. His field of research includes history, urban planning and the relationship between the historic part of CARP and Greater Asmara.