Oluwole Olumuyiwa Explained
| Oluwole Olumuyiwa |
| Parents: | Claudius Babington Olumuyiwa and Ernestina Omolola Olumuyiwa (nee Johnson) |
| Nationality: | Nigerian |
| Birth Date: | 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Nigeria |
| Death Date: | 1999 |
| Death Place: | Switzerland |
| Practice: | Oluwole Olumuyiwa and Associates |
| Significant Projects: | UAC Housing Developments, Lagos
Cultural Centre, Lagos[1] |
| Alma Mater: | University of Manchester |
Oluwole Olumuyiwa (1929–2000) was a Nigerian architect.[2]
Career
Oluwole studied Architecture and City Planning at the University of Manchester from 1949 to 1954, earning a First Class degree. He had four years of post qualification training in several European firms such as Architects' Co-Partnership in London, the office of Van den Broek and Bakema in Rotterdam, the new town developments in Emmen (the Netherlands), Stevenage (England) and in Switzerland. He also gained practical training in hospital planning.[3] [4] [5] Oluwole was the first Nigerian graduate of Architecture to return to Nigeria from abroad in 1958 and set up a practice; Oluwole Olumuyiwa and Associates in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1960. He was the first President of Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON).[6] Oluwole was co-director of Africa's first architectural review "The West African Builder and Architect". He was Nigeria's delegate to the CAA conference in 1964 and subsequently became President of the Association.[7] He was also involved in residential and public architecture; designing many of Nigeria's new buildings at the time, particularly schools.
Selected projects
- Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos
- Management House, Idowu Taylor Street, Lagos.
- Administrative building, Lagos
- Crusader House (multistorey commercial building in Martin's street, Lagos.)[8] [9] [10]
- UAC Housing Developments, Lagos[11]
- Teacher's Reference Library, Lagos
- Community Center, Lagos[12]
Notes and References
- Book: Responding to Art: Form, Content, and Context. Robert Bersson. The Architecture of Oluwole Olumuyiwa . A. Ojomo. McGraw-Hill. 2004. 978-0-697-2581-99. 294.
- Book: Architectural History. Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (Pennsylvania State University). 2004.
- Book: Oluwole Olumuyiwa. Grove Art Online. August 1996. Oxford Art Online. 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T063524 . 978-1-884-4460-54 . Aradeon . David .
- Book: Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meanings. Leland M. Roth. Amanda Roth Clark. Westview Press. 2013. 978-0-813-3490-39.
- Book: Architecture of Regionalism in the Age of Globalization: Peaks and Valleys in the Flat World. Liane Lefaivre. Alexander Tzonis. Routledge. 2012. 170. 9780415575782.
- Web site: About ARCON. Architects Registration Council of Nigeria. 10 November 2016.
- Book: A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture: Colonial Networks, Nature and Technoscience. Jiat-Hwee Chang. Routledge. 2016. 978-1-317-4956-80. 231.
- Building on the Boundary – Modern Architecture in the Tropics. 2004. Social Identities. 10. Hanna le Roux. University of the Witwatersrand. 10 November 2016.
- Web site: The International Style in Nigeria. B Prucnal Ogunsote. Journal of Environmental Technology . 6 November 2016.
- Book: Great Architecture of the World. 271. John Julius Norwich. A Da Capo Press (Pe4rseus Books Group). 1975. 9780306804366.
- Modern Architecture in Post-Colonial Ghana and Nigeria. Hannah Le Roux. Architectural History. 47 . 2004 . 361–392 . SAHGB Publications Limited . 10.1017/S0066622X00001805. 1568827 .
- Book: New directions in African architecture. Udo Kultermann. G. Braziller. 1969. 54. 9780807605264 . .
