DTA Collections | National Library and Archives, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1980-1984

A multi-story building with traditional East Asian architectural elements.

Xa Loi Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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

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

Type AP Housing, Tema Community 1, site 12, Accra, 1958.

The Knesset, Jerusalem.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Frank Ling, c1960

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

Giadinh Medical Training Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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.

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

Housing, Nassau, perspective. AA Department of Tropical Architecture

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.

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

Technical School, Quy Nhon City, Vietnam

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

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

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

'Corringham', Craven Hill Gardens, London.