Hausa architecture

E294475
West African architecture architectural style traditional architecture vernacular architecture

Hausa architecture is a traditional West African building style characterized by intricate mud-brick structures, ornate geometric facades, and distinctive mosque and palace designs found across historic Hausa city-states.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sudano-Sahelian architecture 4
Hausa architecture canonical 1
Hausa traditional architecture 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf West African architecture ⓘ
architectural style ⓘ
traditional architecture ⓘ
vernacular architecture ⓘ
buildingType city wall ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
palace ⓘ
residential compound ⓘ
climateAdaptation protection from heat ⓘ
shaded courtyards ⓘ
thermal mass cooling ⓘ
constructionTechnique layered plastering ⓘ
sun-dried mud bricks ⓘ
wooden tie-beams ⓘ
decorationMotif arabesque designs ⓘ
calligraphic panels ⓘ
geometric patterns ⓘ
feature courtyard houses ⓘ
decorated entrance portals ⓘ
flat roofs ⓘ
mosque architecture ⓘ
ornate geometric facades ⓘ
palace architecture ⓘ
parapet walls ⓘ
projecting turrets ⓘ
relief plaster decoration ⓘ
small high-level windows ⓘ
thick load-bearing walls ⓘ
function religious architecture ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
urban housing ⓘ
historicalContext Hausa city-states ⓘ
historicalPeriod precolonial West Africa ⓘ
influencedBy Islamic architecture ⓘ
Hausa architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sudano-Sahelian architecture

trans-Saharan trade culture ⓘ
material adobe ⓘ
laterite ⓘ
mud brick ⓘ
rammed earth ⓘ
thatch ⓘ
timber ⓘ
notableExample Emir’s Palace in Kano ⓘ
Gidan Rumfa ⓘ
Kano Central Mosque ⓘ
surface form: Great Mosque of Kano

Zaria traditional buildings ⓘ
region Chad ⓘ
Hausaland ⓘ
Northern Cameroons ⓘ
surface form: Northern Cameroon

Northern Region of Ghana ⓘ
surface form: Northern Ghana

Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Southern Niger ⓘ
usedBy Hausa people ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zazzau Emirate → hasCulturalHeritage → Hausa architecture ⓘ
Zaria → hasHeritage → Hausa architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa traditional architecture
Old Towns of Djenné → architecturalStyle → Hausa architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sudano-Sahelian architecture
Ségou → hasHeritageType → Hausa architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sudano-Sahelian architecture
Hausa architecture → influencedBy → Hausa architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sudano-Sahelian architecture
Djenne → architectureStyle → Hausa architecture ⓘ
subject surface form: Djenné
this entity surface form: Sudano-Sahelian architecture