AL-MUNTADA AL-ISLAMI NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ABUJA - NIGERIA: THE EVOLUTION OF ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE IN NIGERIA
AL-MUNTADA AL-ISLAMI NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ABUJA - NIGERIA: THE EVOLUTION OF ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE IN NIGERIA
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1999-09
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NKWENTI, DANJUMA IBRAHIM
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Abstract
Architecture in its varied forms and limitless dimensions has been
over the course of time and still, exerts an nu-ebbing demand on both
designer and user. The demand is for compliance with culture on the
one hand and the ever growing 'high-tech' of modern life on the other.
Alongside these dipoles, there is the demand for consistency and ease of
use from the human's the rmoregulatory mechanism, so that at any
given moment, life would be lived without any undue stress. Be that
stress from the feeling of alienation or adverse thermal conditions.
The above aspects therefore translate to cultural factors and
milieu within which architecture must prevail. Thus identifying and
harnessing the various entities that make or mar an architectural
compliance with a given environment, culture and users becomes the
more important in developing a scheme. In that regard, it was possible
to investigate the genesis of Islamic architecture and trace its evolution
in the Nigerian context Thereby, bringing out a synthesized design that
invariably reflects both the inspiration and aspirations of its users,
in spite of their diverse background.
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A Thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria, in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for a Masters of Science Degree in
Architecture
Department of Architecture
Faculty of Environmental
Design Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria.
SEPTEMBER, 1999
DANJUMA IBRAHIM MKWENTI
SEPTEMBER,
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AL-MUNTADA,, AL-ISLAMI,, NATIONAL,, HEADQUARTERS,, ABUJA,, - NIGERIA,, EVOLUTION,, ISLAMIC,, ARCHITECTURE,