Current trends in South African architecture and the way to the future

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dc.contributor.author Steyn, Gerald
dc.date.accessioned 2011-11-08T10:12:59Z
dc.date.available 2011-11-08T10:12:59Z
dc.date.created 2011
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.description.abstract Few countries have ever had the opportunity to rethink their architectural dogma as abruptly and radically as South Africa since the few years leading up to the democratic elections of 1994. With only a few exceptions, the pre-democratic South African architecture of the 20th century has always lacked a unique identity. But, coinciding with trends towards Critical-Regionalism and ‘green’ initiatives, the emergence of a new South Africa has inspired the profession as a whole to search for new directions. en_US
dc.description.abstract Hedendaagse tendense in Suid-Afrikaanse argitektuur en die weg na die toekoms. Net enkele lande het ooit die geleentheid gehad om hul argitektoniese dogma so plotseling en radikaal te heroorweeg as Suid-Afrika in die paar jare voor die demokratiese verkiesing van 1994. Met slegs enkele uitsonderings het die voor-demokratiese Suid-Afrikaanse argitektuur nog altyd aan ’n unieke identiteit ontbreek. Maar saamvallend met tendense na ‘Critical-Regionalism’ en ‘groen’ inisiatiewe het die ontwaking van ’n ‘nuwe’ Suid-Afrika die professie as ’n geheel begeester om vir nuwe rigtings te soek. af
dc.format.extent 24 pages en_US
dc.format.medium PDF en_US
dc.identifier.citation Steyn, G 2009, 'Current trends in South African architecture and the way to the future', South African Journal of Art History, vol. 24, no. 2, pp 41-64. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajah.html] en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-3542
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17522
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.rights Art Historical Work Group of South Africa en_US
dc.subject Architecture en_US
dc.subject South African urbanism en_US
dc.subject Informal settlements en_US
dc.subject Regional identity en_US
dc.subject South African architecture en_US
dc.subject Critical Regionalism en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Architecture -- South Africa -- History en
dc.subject.lcsh Architecture -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Identity (Psychology) in architecture -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Regionalism in architecture -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Squatter settlements -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Sustainable architecture -- South Africa en
dc.title Current trends in South African architecture and the way to the future en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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