1449. University College Library, Ibadan

Dear Scott,

"We were fated to make a new architecture out of our love for the place and our obedience to nature, and to make it with cement and steel, asbestos sheets. wood above the termite line, glass, paint and some stone later, and not much else". (Maxwell Fry)

Sincerely,
R

872. Nigeria. View of Kuti Hall. Ibadan University

Dear Edwin,

"...an architecture and form of urbanism will emerge closely connected  with the set of ideas that have international validity, but reflecting the conditions of climate, the habits of the people, and the aspirations 

of  the countries lying under the cloudy belt of the 

equatorial world." (Maxwell Fry & Jane Drew) 

Regards,

R

724. University of Ife. View of the Auditorium

Dear Cesar,

The Oduduwa Hall of the University of Ife in Nigeria
was designed by Israeli architect Arieh Sharon and
local firm AMY Ltd. Sharon studied at the Bauhaus
under Gropius and Meyer and then returned to Israel
where he worked for the Israeli government planning
department. In the mid-1950s he worked in his private
office and designed among other buildings the new
campus of the University of Ife in Nigeria. The hall
is named for legendary Oduduwa who was the founder
and first king of Ife, the ancient Yoruba city.

Regards,
R