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Bolgatanga Library: Exterior · The Bolgatanga Library was designed by Max Bond for the Ghana National Construction Corporation
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Bolgatanga Library: Exterior · The Bolgatanga Library was designed by Max Bond for the Ghana National Construction Corporation
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Library · Modernism

Bolgatanga Library

J. Max Bond Jr. · Bolgatanga, GH · 1966

Key featuresA raised, wing-like roof and perforated block walls let breezes and filtered light into the reading rooms.

Architect
J. Max Bond Jr.
Place
Bolgatanga, GH
Year
1966
Typology
Library
Movement
Modernism
Region
Africa
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