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Alan Vaughan-Richards was a British-Nigerian architect who was active in the post-colonial architecture industry of Nigeria. He engaged architects on the potential influence of African forms in architectural design through publication of the journal West Africa Builder and Architect. Vaughan-Richards incorporated the works of Nigerian artist in many of his projects. Trained in modern architecture in England, he then studied cultural uses of architecture in Nigeria, and many of his commissions were hybrids of both influences .

Life

Vaughan-Richards began his career in the 1950s working for Architect Co-Partnership in London, the firm was engaged in the design of a newly reconstructed Bristol Hotel and housing for oil and gas companies in Lagos. In the course of the project, Vaughan-Richards was involved in preliminary design and as a site supervisor visited Nigeria during tours of the projects. When Architect Co-Partnership pulled out of Nigeria, Vaughan-Richards stayed in the country. His house in Ikoyi close to the Lagos lagoon and which was influenced by forms in Hausa village and designed in a modern style was used as his office. Many of his commissions included private houses and a staff housing facility for University of Lagos. He gained recognition among his private clients with his designs of generous shared or public spaces and broad corridors in his commissions.

American novelist Elaine Neil Orr described Vaughan-Richards' architectural style, writing that he "consistently applied curvilinear geometries in his designs, sometimes as adornment but often as integral elements of walls and rooms. Modular designs were his staple, initially from blocks and roof sheeting, and then from timber framing".

Vaughan-Richards co-founded and edited the West African Builder and Architect to provide information about architecture in Africa and later co-wrote Building Lagos with Kunle Akinsemoyin, a book documenting the development of Lagos.

Vaughan-Richards merged with Felix Ibru's Roye Ibru and Co, his commissions included Jaja Hall, University of Lagos, University of Lagos master plan and modern design with tropical and West African forms such as Olaoluwakitan House and Alan Vaughan-Richards house. Many of his works were neglected or poorly maintained. He married Ayo-Vaughan-Richards (nee Vaughan) daughter of an hotelier from the James Churchwill Vaughan family of Lagos.

References

1. ^ Roux, Hannah Le (2004). "Modern Architecture in Post-Colonial Ghana and Nigeria". Architectural History. 47: 361–392. doi:10.1017/S0066622X00001805. ISSN 2059-5670.
2. Elaine Neil Orr, Swimming Between Worlds (2018), p. 170.
3. Uduku (2006-09-01). "Modernist architecture and 'the tropical' in West Africa: The tropical architecture movement in West Africa, 1948–1970". Habitat International. 30 (3): 396–411. doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2004.11.001. ISSN 0197-3975.
4. Gavron, D. (1988, May 29). AYO VAUGHAN-RICHARDS 'I WAS TAUGHT THAT I CAN DO WHATEVER A MAN CAN DO'. Chicago Tribune (Pre-1997 Fulltext) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com

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