Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence

Past exhibition

  • Ran from 2 March 2024 to 22 September 2024 at V&A South Kensington

  • V&A South Kensington

  • £16 (includes donation)

Tropical Modernism was an architectural style developed in the hot, humid conditions of West Africa in the 1940s. After independence, India and Ghana adopted the style as a symbol of modernity and progressiveness, distinct from colonial culture.

This exhibition is now closed at V&A South Kensington

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Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence

Supported by James Bartos and Celia and Edward Atkin CBE

Header image:
Unity Hall, KNUST, Kumasi by John Owuso Addo and Miro Marasović – film still from 'Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Power in West Africa'. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London