architecture
Kinshasa’s Palais du Peuple
Tall pale ribs and recessed windows wrap around a broad modern parliament building.
The story behind the place
The Palais du Peuple in Kinshasa is a place of parliamentary debate. The National Assembly identifies it as its seat and describes lawmaking and scrutiny of government among its responsibilities. Its broad modernist exterior uses repeated vertical ribs to shade and frame recessed windows. Look along one side towards the corner: the narrow spaces between the ribs create a rhythm of light and shadow. This is the Kinshasa building, distinct from other palaces with similar names elsewhere in the region.
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Read more from the sources
- Découvrir l’Assemblée nationaleAssemblée nationale de la République démocratique du Congo
- Actual named subject and exterior referenceWikipedia / identified actual photograph source
