Kenneth Scott, North Ridge, Accra, Ghana, 1961
OfHouses guest curated by Benedict Clouette & Marlisa Wise (Interval-Projects): “Scott was born in Australia and emigrated to England with his family as a
child. He first
arrived in the British Gold Coast as a lieutenant in the British army
during the Second World War. After the war, he returned to England to
finish his studies, but left England for the Gold Coast in 1949 as an
architect with the colonial public works. He soon entered into private
practice, forming a partnership with James Cubitt as the Gold Coast
affiliate of Cubitt’s firm, which held offices in several British
colonies. Scott finished this house for himself and his family shortly
after Ghana’s independence, and went on to design dozens of government,
educational, and institutional buildings in Ghana.“ (Photos: © Peter Tolkin & Mabel O. Wilson, googlefish, Charlotte Langhorst.)
