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Creating inclusive and sustainable cities begins with who designs them

If you search “famous architects” on Google you will find a long list of old, mostly white, men (with the exception of Zaha Hadid). This doesn’t mean that other women architects do not exist. On the contrary, the historic contribution...

August 2, 2022

How top architect Diébédo Francis Kéré reinvigorates indigenous knowledge

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How top architect Diébédo Francis Kéré reinvigorates indigenous knowledge

Burkina Faso’s Diébédo Francis Kéré has become the first African and the first Black person to win the Pritzker prize, architecture’s equivalent of the Nobel. Kéré’s work has consistently highlighted the role of design in creating what he calls “coherent and peaceful cities”. When Burkina...

March 28, 2022

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Architect of Change 4: Malcolm Campbell on the greening of a government building

Aimed at increasing resource efficiency and making a positive contribution to the central business district in Khayelitsha, this office building has a five start green star rating from the Green Building Council. Malcolm Campbell from ACG Architects and Development Planners...

October 25, 2018

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Architect of Change 2: Thomas Chapman gave an old street corner new life

Thomas Chapman, of Local Studio, designed Fulham Heights, a beautiful mix of old and new, and of work and play. The Brixton, Johannesburg building has been shortlisted for a AfriSam-SAIA award in sustainable architecture. The winners will be announced on...

October 14, 2018

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Architect of Change 1: Robert de Jager followed an organic process

It has been said that Goldilocks would find everything in the right place should she choose to visit House Burnett Prinsloo. By any standard that is fine praise for Robert Jager’s build, a finalist for the sustainable AfriSam-SAIA Awards which...

October 10, 2018

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Hotel review: Spier walks the talk

The Spier Hotel has everything and more you’d expect from a four-star hotel: 153 rooms, conference centres, restaurants, an artists’ studio and expansive gardens… The décor is stylish while not intimidating, and contemporary South African art is displayed throughout the...

May 21, 2018

Tag: Architecture

Creating inclusive and sustainable cities begins with who designs them

How top architect Diébédo Francis Kéré reinvigorates indigenous knowledge

Architect of Change 4: Malcolm Campbell on the greening of a government building

Architect of Change 2: Thomas Chapman gave an old street corner new life

Architect of Change 1: Robert de Jager followed an organic process

Hotel review: Spier walks the talk

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