Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has won this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize, becoming the first African architect to win the prize. This award is considered architecture’s most significant lifetime achievement award.
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Transformed car garage reactivates space
Nomos redesigned an existing car repair shop to become an affordable house.
15 Minute City model gains ground
The 15 Minute City model is the third project to ever win the Obel Award, which is an international prize presented to architectural projects that contribute to society. The model was developed by Professor Carlos Moreno and his team.
Poetic design in Beirut
Dezeen’s architecture project of the year is awarded to Lina Ghotmeh, who designed a 13-storey apartment building for the harbour area of Beirut, her place of birth. Stone Garden “portrays architecture's capacity to act as a healing tool and active player in building...
Poetic design in Beirut
Dezeen’s architecture project of the year is awarded to Lina Ghotmeh, who designed a 13-storey apartment building for the harbour area of Beirut, her place of birth. Stone Garden “portrays architecture's capacity to act as a healing tool and active player in building...
Bicycle garage is design project of the year
Dezeen (an online architecture, interiors and design magazine based in London) awarded the Design Project of the Year to Silo, a creative branding and design agency. Silo designed a bicycle parking garage outside The Hague Central Station, Netherlands. According to...
Bicycle garage is design project of the year
Dezeen awarded the Design Project of the Year to Silo, a creative branding and design agency. Silo designed a bicycle parking garage outside The Hague Central Station, Netherlands.
Cape Town firm wins a silver medal at WAN awards
South African architectural practice, Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects (SAOTA), received a silver medal at the World Architectural News (WAN) Awards.
South African Architectural firm wins international Docomono award
Mayat Hart Architects and Heritage Consultants from Johannesburg recently won in the category Educating Practices at the international 16th Docomono Rehabilitation Award (DRAW21). This category refers to pioneering studies and low budget interventions that have...
Lanquedoc building nominated for Provincial Heritage status
Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation nominated a building in Lanquedoc for Provincial Heritage status. Several generations have shared their lives in various ways with the Old Shop, as it is affectionately called. This building was designed in the late 1800’s by Sir...
2021 Pritzker Prize underlines shift in architecture
The 2021 Pritzker Prize, architecture’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize, to Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal underlines a gradual, ongoing shift in architecture. Lacaton and Vassal’s design philosophy includes the Never Demolish principle, which they coined....
Sir David Adjaye wins prestigious 2021 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
The Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) 2021 gold medal, went to Sir David Adjaye for his significant influence on contemporary architecture.
2014 Stirling award to Everyman
The Stirling prize, one of the most important awards for architecture, was awarded for a theatre this year. Bonfires are ablaze among those that believe that this heralds a shift towards being less elitist in their choices among the panel of Stirling Prize adjudicators.
Toyo Ito 2013 winner of the Pritzker Prize
Throughout his career, Toyo Ito has been able to produce a body of work that combines conceptual innovation with superbly executed buildings. Creating outstanding architecture for more than 40 years, he has successfully undertaken libraries, houses, parks, theaters,...
Toyo Ito 2013 winner of the Pritzker Prize
Throughout his career, Toyo Ito has been able to produce a body of work that combines conceptual innovation with superbly executed buildings. Creating outstanding architecture for more than 40 years, he has successfully undertaken libraries, houses, parks, theaters,...
Best Cities and Streets | The Monocle Quality of Life
Vir almal wat menings het oor hoe Stellenbosch se middedorp moet lyk of kan lyk of net geinteresseerd is in goeie ontwerp van dorpe en stede....www.monocle.com Monocle's annual rating of the best cities of the world are widely acknowledged as a cutting edge guide to...
Best Cities and Streets | The Monocle Quality of Life
Vir almal wat menings het oor hoe Stellenbosch se middedorp moet lyk of kan lyk of net geinteresseerd is in goeie ontwerp van dorpe en stede....www.monocle.com Monocle's annual rating of the best cities of the world are widely acknowledged as a cutting edge guide to...
Awards for iKaya Trust Centre and Dorp Street 101
Two renovations of older buildings in Stellenbosch received awards of merit from the Cape Institute of Architects at the bi-annual awards ceremony at the end of October 2011: the iKhaya Trust Centre in Khayamandi, by Jan Klingler of kr2 architects and Dorp Street 101...
Awards for iKaya Trust Centre and Dorp Street 101
Two renovations of older buildings in Stellenbosch received awards of merit from the Cape Institute of Architects at the bi-annual awards ceremony at the end of October 2011: the iKhaya Trust Centre in Khayamandi, by Jan Klingler of kr2 architects and Dorp Street 101...