Slade Lecture 2026: Urban Change and Representation - Lecture 3

Colonial Algiers: Architecture and Segregation

Esther da Costa Meyer

5pm Wednesday 4 February

Auditorium, St John's College, University of Oxford

(Free Admission)

A look at the architecture of Algiers in the 1950s when the French tried to counter the calls for independence by erecting housing projects, often by excellent architects. The Algerians reacted to these top-down initiatives, often using buildings against the grain.