Accelerating Development: Taylor Woodrow and Arcon’s Prefabricated Steel Structures in Decolonizing West Africa

Accelerating Development: Taylor Woodrow and Arcon’s Prefabricated Steel Structures in Decolonizing West Africa

This article examines the Arcon system, a flexible prefabricated steel structure used for the construction of factories and warehouses that accompanied industrial development in Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone during 1950s and 1960s. While initially created for emergency housing in Britain during W...

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Autori principali: Harrison, Ewan, Woudstra, Rixt, Jackson, Iain
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: ABE Journal 2024
Soggetti:
décolonisation
préfabrication
développement colonial
sociétés contractantes
acier
decolonization
prefabrication
colonial development
contracting firms
steel
descolonización
prefabricación
desarrollo colonial
empresas contratistas
acero
decolonizzazione
prefabbricazione
sviluppo coloniale
imprese appaltatrici
acciaio
Dekolonisation
Vorfabrikation
koloniale Entwicklung
ausführende Firmen
Stahl
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