South African architecture
The beauty of South African architecture designs
The southern African sub-continent is the home of a rich and
varied architectural tradition. Not only does this include a wide range
of indigenous built environments but the influx of white immigrants,
from 1652 onwards, also ensured that many of the styles emerging in
Europe, America and Asia during the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries found reflection in local buildings. In spite of these
apparently disparate roots however,
South African architecture has, nonetheless, achieved a
wider homogeneity, being united by a common concern towards climate and
materials, and an ability, on the part of local builders, to adapt,
adopt and reinterpret the building forms and textures of other cultures.
In the process they have also given them new meaning in terms of local
values and building customs. This has given rise to numerous cases of
cross-cultural pollination.
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