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  • Transatlantic exchange : lessons from Brazil in the work of Norman Eaton 
    Pienaar, Marguerite (Universidade de Brasília, 2017)
    In the immediate post-war period of the late 1940s, many South African architects were profoundly influenced by Brazilian modernity. It was through amongst others, the patronage of Pretoria architect Norman Eaton (1902-1966) ...
  • Modern movement mediations : Brazilian modernism and the identity of post-war architecture in Pretoria, South Africa. 
    Barker, Arthur Adrian Johnson (Universidade de Brasília, 2017)
    A arquitetura brasileira de Oscar Niemeyer ins-pirou o desenho de um grande número de cons-truções sulafricanas. Este artigo contextualiza as mediações do movimento moderno e aponta similaridades em aproximação com a ...
  • Cultural hybridity in the teaching of architecture within a decolonised society 
    Fisher, Roger C.; Lange, Mary E.; Nkambule, Mbongiseni Emmanuel Nathi (Universidade de Brasília, 2017)
    Descolonizar o ensino-aprendizagem em Arquitetura requer questionar o que é pertinente a uma sociedade multiracial, multicultural e multi-liguistica e ao mesmo tempo adequado a uma disciplina internacionalista. Examinamos ...
  • Classroom acoustics as a consideration for inclusive education in South Africa 
    Van Reenen, Coralie; Karusseit, Catherine (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-09-08)
    BACKGROUND : It can hardly be disputed that a school environment should be conducive or, at the very least, not prohibitive to effective learning. The provision of fair, equal and barrier-free access to education is ...
  • Socially responsive research-based design in an architecture studio 
    Combrinck, Carin (Elsevier, 2018)
    Globally, the architectural profession faces complex challenges, bringing the transformation of the curriculum to the forefront of critical discourse. This article reflects on the Honors programme at the University of ...
  • Wupperthal, an object of people and place 
    Franklin, Marike; Breed, Ida (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2017)
    Wupperthal is a place that reflects an intimate relationship between man and nature and stands as an object within the landscape. It is one of the best-preserved mission stations in the Western Cape that still functions ...
  • How enduring South African architects' firms got there 
    Vosloo, Christo; Vosloo, Pieter Tobias; Antonites, Alexander Josef (South African Institute of Architects, 2017-11)
    This article reports on a qualitative study into the actions, practices and attitudes that allowed a sample of South African architects’ firms to be regarded as enduring. Architects considering starting their own ...
  • Part 1 : Informal settlements : an upgrade 
    Combrinck, Carin; Vosloo, Pieter Tobias; Osman, Amira (South African Institute of Architects, 2017-05)
    Globally, the upgrade of informal settlements is no longer considered a marginal issue. Contributions to the discourse in terms of policy reviews and strategies emanate from various sectors concerned with the ...
  • Part 2 : Informal settlements : an upgrade 
    Combrinck, Carin; Vosloo, Pieter Tobias; Osman, Amira (South African Institute of Architects, 2017-07)
    Part 2 of this article on the in-situ upgrade of informal settlements investigates the role of architects as agents of change.
  • Part 1 : Eaton for Africa - 50 years later 
    Pienaar, Marguerite (South African Institute of Architects, 2017-09)
    It’s just over 50 years since the passing of well-known South African architect Norman Eaton (1902−1966). Emerging trajectories on post-colonial identities, entangled histories, and positions on decolonisation makes ...
  • The recycling of the Thesen Island Boiler House as Hotel 
    Louw, Mike; Fisher, Roger C. (South African Institute of Architects, 2011-01)
    Please read abstract available in article.
  • Unpacking a sustainable and resilient future for Tshwane 
    Peres, Edna; Du Plessis, Chrisna; Landman, Karina (Elsevier, 2017)
    This paper examines the important yet largely misunderstood relationship between resilience and sustainability and the gap between these theoretical constructs and the practice of urban development. It explores how these ...
  • When first we practice to deceive - dubious and dutiful architects 
    Fisher, Roger C. (South African Institute of Architects, 2014-11)
    It sounds as if it should be Shakespeare, but these lines are in fact taken from Marmion, an epic Scottish poem by Walter Scott about the Battle of Flodden Field (1513), published in 1808. And it was written at around ...
  • Urban vernacular : House Najmeh, Johannesburg 
    Fisher, Roger C. (South African Institute of Architects, 2014-03)
    The practice of architecture, much as the human mind itself, would seem to occupy two domains, that of the rational and that of the romantic. The fact of the matter is not that there is a dualism or dichotomy, ...
  • Teaching architectural history - should there be coursework in history in the South African architectural curriculum? 
    Fisher, Roger C. (South African Institute of Architects, 2014-05)
  • Making design ideas real 
    Swart, Johan (South African Institute of Architects, 2015-11)
    Should practical ‘making’-experience form a part of architectural curriculum? A recent collaborative workshop hosted by University of Pretoria’s Architecture Department and RAW Studios gave lecturer Johan Swart pause ...
  • Some observations on architecture's precocious prodigies and two of South Africa's own 
    Fisher, Roger C. (South African Institute of Architects, 2015-01)
    Was it scientific biographer Abraham Pais who wrote, ‘If Einstein had stopped doing physics in the year 1925 and had gone fishing, he would be just as beloved, just as great. It would not have made a damn bit of ...
  • Notes on the architect as editor and the associated SA journals 
    Fisher, Roger C. (South African Institute of Architects, 2015-05)
    WITH THIS ISSUE of Architecture South Africa, we take leave of Julian Cooke as editor of both the magazine and the journal of the South African Institute of Architects. Julian Cooke’s first stint commenced with the ...
  • The century celebrations of the Union Buildings 
    Fisher, Roger C. (South African Institute of Architects, 2014-03)
    They came in their thousands to pay homage, with many eventually being turned away. As Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918–2013) lay in state, the significance and meaning of the Union Buildings seemed yet again to ...
  • Gabriel Fagan's 90th birthday exhibition 
    Barker, Arthur Adrian Johnson (South African Institute of Architects, 2016-01)
    On 4 November 2015, I opened Gabriël (Gawie) Fagan’s 90th birthday exhibition1 at the CifA offices. It was a tribute to his architectural production and time as a seminal SA architect.