A look at Senegal’s contemporary built environment reveals a recent shift towards industrialized construction practices that borrow from imported building solutions rather than the local techniques and materials that characterize much of post-independence Senegalese modernist architecture.
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Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 p.m.
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Exhibitions & art · Canadian Centre for Architecture
Thu, Nov 19, 6:00 p.m.
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Exhibitions & art · Canadian Centre for Architecture
Fri, Nov 20, 4:00 p.m.
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Thu, Nov 26, 6:00 p.m.
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Exhibitions & art · Canadian Centre for Architecture
Sun, Dec 6, 11:00 a.m.
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Exhibitions & art · Canadian Centre for Architecture
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Exhibitions & art · Canadian Centre for Architecture