This article examines the impact that the recent terrorist attacks in the United States have had on the status of images in contemporary culture. First, the event is related to what may be called the "terrible sublime". ...

Photograph of the house at 172 Jeppe Street in Sunnyside, Pretoria

Architecture is explored here as a series of effects that influence the experience of living on earth. A work of architecture is a kind of terminal of effects that produces certain experiences for those who encounter ...

Many South African architects’ firms are finding it difficult to prosper in the changing economic and business environment. While all the contributing factors are not obvious, it is suggested that the lack of entrepreneurship ...

A newspaper article describing the design of the new buildings at Maritzburg University.

The objective of this paper is to give an architect’s perspective on the various issues listed for discussion in the workshop. Housing policies, ownership options and management structures of housing organisations need to ...

Showcasing excellence, University of Pretoria final-year architecture student Wian Jordaan has been declared a regional winner in the 2022 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards, in addition to winning the Best Use of Clay ...

Universities are social institutions functioning as negotiating forces at the intersection of localities and people (Taylor & Luter 2013:16). The current fence surrounding the University of Pretoria, Mamelodi Campus spatially ...