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

dc.contributor.authorSteyn, Gerald
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-08T10:12:59Z
dc.date.available2011-11-08T10:12:59Z
dc.date.created2011
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractFew 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.abstractHedendaagse 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.extent24 pagesen_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationSteyn, 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.issn0258-3542
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17522
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectSouth African urbanismen_US
dc.subjectInformal settlementsen_US
dc.subjectRegional identityen_US
dc.subjectSouth African architectureen_US
dc.subjectCritical Regionalismen_US
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture -- South Africa -- Historyen
dc.subject.lcshArchitecture -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshIdentity (Psychology) in architecture -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshRegionalism in architecture -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshSquatter settlements -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshSustainable architecture -- South Africaen
dc.titleCurrent trends in South African architecture and the way to the futureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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