num_pages: 240
description: Asmara, the capital of the small East African country of Eritrea, bordering the Red Sea, is one of the most important and exciting architectural 'discoveries' of recent years. Built almost entirely in the 1930s by the Italians, who transformed it into a hotbed of radical architectural innovation, Asmara has one of the highest concentrations of Modernist architecture anywhere in the world. This superb building-by-building survey, illustrated with previously unpublished archival material and specially commissioned photography, chronicles the colonial past and remarkable survival of a city that has evocatively been described as "the Miami of Africa".
language: English
title: Asmara: Africa's Secret Modernist City
titlecomplete: Asmara: Africa's Secret Modernist City
genres: Eritrea, History, Art History, Architecture
ratings_count: 19
places: Asmara
publisher: Merrell Publishers