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 ...

The term 'African City' is discussed.

Because of perceptions regarding safety, gated communities and the closing off of public routes has become common in South Africa. Observation shows that some architects respond to those restrictions more creatively than ...

This paper sets out to study the directions environmental developments in Greater Khartoum are taking. It attempts to assess contemporary architectural and planning practices in the region in terms of natural and economic ...

The social, cultural and economic complexities of the situation in the Sudan is exposed in this paper.

In this paper we have adopted a novel approach to ‘housing for special needs’, redefining people with special needs philosophically, and using statistical analysis of the South African population to reinforce our argument. ...

The Department of Architecture at the University of Pretoria is working in the South African housing context while gaining knowledge of such issues worldwide. Various innovations are being carried out in terms of housing ...

This is a section of an on going study on ‘Space, Place and Meaning in Northern Riverain Sudan’. This research eco-systemically identifies and analyses the spatial and physical features of settlements and buildings along ...

How architectural practice is influenced by and influences the contexts of two African countries is explored. This is a comparative study of architectural issues in two contexts where urban identity is being drastically ...