Understanding Statehood through Architecture is recruiting two PhD students
We are offering two fully-funded PhD studentships as part of the project Understanding Statehood through Architecture: a comparative...
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Jan 31, 2018
Palace of the Wa Naa, Wa, Ghana
16th century Historically, there were several kingdoms, states, empires, and polities in and extending into the geographical area that...
Jan 30, 2018
The Aban, Kumase, Ghana
1822 The Aban, also referred to as The Palace of Culture, was a grand building constructed to display the wealth, gifts and military...
Jan 29, 2018
Kumasi Fort, Ghana
1897 During the British colonial campaign in Ghana, several of the great buildings of Ghana-based empires and kingdoms were destroyed. In...
Jan 28, 2018
Black Star Gate, Accra, Ghana
1961 Independence-era architecture in Ghana marked a break with traditional British forms and coincided with the modernist movement in...
Jan 27, 2018
Ghana National Cathedral, Accra, Ghana
TBC In recent times, state architecture projects in Ghana have usually been funded, designed and constructed by foreign countries such as...
Dec 18, 2017
Understanding Statehood through Architecture wins ERC funding
The European Research Council has awarded a consolidator grant to Prof Julia Gallagher for her project, Understanding Statehood through...
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