Matthew Maganga
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Art Criticism:
Designing Empire: The Architecture of Tropical Modernism
in
recessed.space
. May 2024.
The Rural vs. The Urban: The Postcolonial City of Dakar in the Film Touki Bouki
in
ArchDaily
. January 2023.
Color, Composition, and Scale: Analyzing Brutalist Photography
in
ArchDaily.
December 2022.
A·kin: Aarati Akkapeddi at The Photographer’s Gallery, London
in
frieze
. November 2022.
The Graphic Novel as Architectural Narrative: Berlin and Aya
in
ArchDaily.
February 2022.
The Spatial Stories of Ousmane Sembène
in
ArchDaily
. November 2021.
Selected Writing:
The Land is Not Running
in
Field Notes on Scarcity
. November 2023.
Modernism: Concrete Nation Building
in
Concrete Jungle: Tropical Architecture and Its Surprising Origins
. Febru
ary 2023.
Abandoned Modernism in Liberia and Mozambique: The Afterlives of Luxury Hotels
in
ArchDaily
. July 2022.