DTA Collections | 'Health Centre, Iraq,' AA Department of Tropical Architecture

Terrace Bar, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, 1958. Perspective. Credit Portugal, Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino – PT, AHU

Terrace Bar, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Perspective.

Man in a white shirt and striped tie writing at a desk, hand on his head.

Photograph of an unidentified student in the 1957-58 cohort of the AA Department of Tropical Architecture

Smiling man in a white shirt and patterned tie looking directly at the camera.

Photograph of Jim Hensman, when a student at the AA Department of Tropical Architecture.

Man in glasses, suit, scarf, and tie, smoking a pipe while writing at a desk.

Photograph of an unidentified student in the 1957-58 cohort of the AA Department of Tropical Architecture

Wide aerial view of a large, modern, U-shaped institutional building with red tiled roofs and numerous windows.

Fernando Schiappa de Campos, Pero de Anaia High School, Beira, Mozambique

The Knesset, Jerusalem.

A large, conical thatched building with a doorway and a few people standing nearby.

Photographs taken on the Missão de Estudo do Habitat Nativo da Guiné,’ funded by the Portuguese Overseas Research Council

Architectural rendering of a modern house with large windows and a unique roofline.

Design for 'District Headquarters, Kota-Kota' (Nkhotakota), Nyasaland Protectorate

Long, well-lit school hallway with patterned tile floor and two large blue columns.

Fernando Schiappa de Campos, Pero de Anaia High School, Beira, Mozambique

Frank Ho-Asjoe

Large, imposing building with a symmetrical facade and multiple floors of windows.

Fernando Schiappa de Campos, Pero de Anaia High School, Beira, Mozambique

Blueprint shows detailed diagrams and schematics for an aircraft engine.

Proposed design for a fountain at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra, Ghana. Public Works Department, Ghana, 1959. Design by W. J. Clarke, drawn by William J.C. Allen. AA Archives.

Maputo Naval Radio Station Receiving Centre, Mozambique, 1959. Plan. Credit Portugal, Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino – PT, AHU

Maputo Naval Radio Station Receiving Centre, Mozambique. Plan.

Two modern buildings with distinctive architectural styles, one with a conical roof and another with arched windows.

Factory for Nattermann, Indonesia.

A white two-story house with a wrap-around porch and decorative columns.

Winkler House, Indonesia

'Diamond Market, Accra, Ghana'. Public Works Department, Ghana, (unexecuted).

Aerial view of a sprawling hospital complex with multiple interconnected buildings and courtyards.

Giadinh Medical Training Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Frank Ling, c1960

L-R: Denis Ong, Kamil Khan Mumtaz and Ong Chin Bee at Marguerite and Chotu Padamsee’s wedding, London.

Modern building with a curved roof, pathway, and lush tropical landscaping.

Subud meeting hall, Cilandak, South Jakarta, 1960s.

Diego Robles (centre) with model of a self-build house and prospective residents, Paramonga, Peru

Architectural drawing of a modern building with people and palm trees in foreground.

Housing, Nassau, perspective. AA Department of Tropical Architecture

Black and white photo of campus buildings with a large, forested mountain behind them.

Technical School, Quy Nhon City, Vietnam

A group of men in a room with desks and papers. One man is pointing.

Photograph of Wilfred Scarr (third from left) in the offices of the Public Works Department, Zomba.

Kamil Khan Mumtaz, Adamson Road, London.

Housing, Nassau, perspective. AA Department of Tropical Architecture

Typed document with sections for Subject, Date, Authors, Abstract, Keywords, and References.

Job summary for 'New Office Block, Secretariat, Zomba', Nyasaland Protectorate.

Shelemay Apartments, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Modernist church with a tall, open bell tower and large glass windows.

Eglise Christ-Roi, Kasa-Vubu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo