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  • Theorizing a contradiction between form and function in architecture 
    Hendrix, John (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    The contradiction between form and function should be seen as an important element in architecture. Modernist functionalism prioritized the necessity that form is seen as a consequence of function, adapting Louis Sullivan’s ...
  • Thermal behavior of PCM containing walls: a time series model based on cointegrated processes and conditional heteroskedasticity 
    De Grassi, Mario; Carbonari, Alessandro; Palomba, Giulio; IAHS World Congress on Housing (33rd : 2005 : Pretoria, South Africa) (IAHS, 2005-09)
    Paper presented at the XXXIII IAHS World Congress on Housing, 27-30 September 2005,"Transforming Housing Environments through Design", University of Pretoria.
  • Thibault as revolutionary architect 
    Fisher, Roger C.; Holm, Dietmar Erik (South African journal of cultural and art history, 1989)
    Article written by RC Fisher and D Holm postulating a hypothesis for acknowledging Louis Micheal Thibault as a Revolutionary architect instead of a Palladian Classicist.
  • "Third Nature" - Re-evaluating the boundary of Zoological Gardens 
    Viljoen, Rynette (University of Pretoria, 2012)
    This dissertation explores the relationship between man, animal and architecture within the theoretical discourse of the liminal. This exploration comes to pass within the context of humanity’s on-going captivation with ...
  • The Third Retort 
    Van Aswegen, Jan Diedeleff (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    We do not see, to learn effectively from our past mistakes and, similarly, we do not seem to learn from the opportunities that architecture, beyond its utility, presents. The old Johannesburg gasworks site expresses the ...
  • Third Skin Urban Identity : Fashion Nexus 
    Ferreira, Christelle (University of Pretoria, 2006-02-07)
    We are surrounded by three skins. The first being our own, the second the clothes we layer ourselves with, and the third the skin of the building. The initial purpose of this project was to explore the influence architecture ...
  • Third space : negotiating the third space as an emergent territory 
    Lehloenya, Arthur (University of Pretoria, 2015)
    Place and identity are bound to one another. The places we grow up in and the places we inhabit in the city shape us and construct our identities. When humans are displaced from original habitat and into another, a change ...
  • This Africa : giving form to the informal 
    Grootboom, Nonkululeko (University of Pretoria, 2010)
    The thesis entitled “This is Africa giving form to the informal” arose from a concern with the growing levels of poverty and unemployment in South Africa and the recognition that small scale, self-generated economic activity ...
  • Thorncrown Chapel, Arkansas, USA 
    Coetzee, Isak; Van Rooyen, Gerhard; Melonas, Marti-Mari (2006-10-18)
    Using the traditional church design, Fay Jones, architect of the Thorncrown Chapel, Ozark, Arkansas, USA, 1979, designed a light repetitive frame, using glass panels for transparancy. Model [1:50] built by Izak Coetzee ...
  • Thoughts on the role of architects in two African contexts: the re-making of urban identity 
    Osman, Amira (2008)
    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 ...
  • Three iconologies of the boer dwelling 
    Fisher, Roger C. (South African Society of Cultural History, 1996-05)
    In this essay the graphic representation of the boer dwelling by three artists, namely Rembrandt van Rijn of the middle seventeenth century, Francois le Valliant of the late eighteenth century and 'Henk 'Pierneef of the ...
  • Three women 
    Unknown (2009-09-14)
  • Threshold between land and sea : new waterborne transport node for the City of Maputo 
    Deacon, Catherine D. (University of Pretoria, 2011)
    The chosen project stems from the broader context of Maputo as waterfront city. Increased industrial privatisation of the harbour strip adjacent to the city’s historic Baixa district led to the relocation of public functions, ...
  • Tielman J Roos Scholtz memorial tablet 
    Eaton, Norman, 1902-1966 (2013-12-12)
  • The ties that bind : the past in the present, linking the Pretoria inner city with its natural context 
    Moodley, Santhuri (University of Pretoria, 2019)
    The forgotten infrastructure in cities are seen as sites which hold potential for rejuvenation. Some of which consist of heritage buildings which form important tangible links with the history of the city. The integration ...
  • Time-images in Khyentse Norbu's "Travellers and Magicians" (2003) : the possibility of critical Buddhist cinema 
    Konik, Adrian (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2010)
    Like many other critical Third World films, Khyentse Norbu’s "Travellers and Magicians" (2003) is orientated less around meeting Hollywood entertainment standards, and more around a neorealist reflection upon the socio-cultural ...
  • Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumèa, New Caledonia 
    Melonas, Marti-Mari; Teessen, Minette; Melonas, Marti-Mari (2006-10-18)
    Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumèa, New Caledonia, designed by Renzo Piano, 1998 pays tribute to the huts of the local Kanak people. Named after J M Tjibaou and consisting of three villages resembling different activities, ...
  • To Inherit : persistence and the continual remaking of the DPWP Workshops 
    Thomashoff, Laura Nin (University of Pretoria, 2021)
    The dissertation investigates the potential of a fragile approach to industrial heritage in the City of Tshwane with the aim of revitalising the industrial legacy of the DPWI Workshops. Over the past century, the DPWI ...
  • Tolgaarders wachthuisje 
    Departement Publieke Werken; Publieke Werke Dept.; Wierda, Sytze Wopkes, 1839-1911 (2014-08-26)
  • A toolkit for prioritising interventions in informal settlement upgrades 
    Hajian, Hanieh (University of Pretoria, 2012)
    Informal settlements are more than just a collection of corrugated iron units. They are not a building type but an urban phenomenon that is prevalent in South Africa due to reasons such as housing backlog (Huchzermeyer, ...