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January 21, 2024
Africa, British Colonial Architecture, Fry & Drew, Lagos, Nigeria, transnational, Tropical Architecture, United Africa Company
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Lagos Broad Street and Marina Environs

Central Lagos- quick picture show before (Nigeria Magazine 1962) and after (Jan 2024):

Barclays Bank by Walker, Harwood, and Cranswick
St Paul’s School by Nickson and Borys
Federal Parliament Building, by Public Works Department – see also https://joliba-africa.com/2020/08/21/the-federal-parliament-at-tbs-old-racecourse-c1960/

BP Building by Fry and Drew

Western House by Nickson and Borys

Niger House for UAC by Watkins Grey

Book shop House Godwin Hopwood

Elder Dempster by James Cubitt – heavily modified with the new glazed facade.

Bristol Hotel by Godwin and Hopwood

Godwin and Hopwood Residence, Godwin and Hopwood

YMCA – slender single room deep plan, exposed staircase at the gable with concrete wrapping around. Commercial retail units at the base, pavilion and garden at the roof. Cracking scheme – but who is the architect?

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  1. Rob MacDonald said:

    Fantastic series of Modern Architecture when it was actually Modern !

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