The research project Niger Consultants and Modern Architecture in Nigeria offers a fresh perspective on the evolution of modern architecture in that country. It delves into realized projects of Nigeria’s first Indigenous architecture practice, established in Lagos in 1970. The firm expanded its presence, establishing offices in Lagos, Ilorin, Kaduna, and Port Harcourt. By delving into the life and work of the late Arc (Chief) Gbegbaje-Das 1 (1936–2023), the project aims to honor the legacy of Niger Consultants, the pioneering post-independence architecture practice in the country. It is now a critical plan to digitize many drawings of the late Gbegbaje-Das 1, who practiced in Lagos, Nigeria, from the 1970s until he retired in 1999.

Jareh Das is an independent curator and scholar working in art and culture. A passion for a transhistorical approach to modern and contemporary art, architecture, and design drives her academic and curatorial practice. In 2022, Das curated the exhibition Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics and Contemporary Art at Two Temple Place, London, and York Art Gallery. This exhibition spanned seventy years of ceramics showcased how Black women artists have disrupted, questioned, and reimagined clay. Das has held key curatorial and editorial positions with various organizations. Additionally, she has contributed to print and online publications on art, architecture, design, and culture. Das holds a PhD in Curating Art and Science: New Methods and Sites of Production from Royal Holloway, University of London.

Emmanuel Babatunde Jaiyeoba is an academic affiliated with Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, where he has made contributions to the fields of architecture, urban planning, and housing studies. His research primarily focuses on housing quality, sustainable building practices, and the socio-cultural dimensions of architectural design in the context of developing countries. His publications reflect a deep engagement with the challenges faced by urban environments in Nigeria, particularly in relation to housing affordability and sustainability. Jaiyeoba’s work has garnered recognition both locally and internationally, contributing to the discourse on modernism and cultural expression in architectural design. He is a professor of architecture and past head of department at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, having been acting head earlier between 2014 and 2016. An architect and multidisciplinary researcher, he is the project supervisor of the Getty Keeping-It-Modern 2020 Conservation Management Plan Project of Arieh Sharon’s Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (1962–1976) with complementary measures supported by Gerda Henkel Stiftung of Germany. Jaiyeoba is an international scholar that has published on modern architecture, cultural issues and African identity in architecture, conservation management, housing, architectural technology, management, and production with colleagues and students across the globe.