by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 16, 2022 | Forum, News
The local spatial development framework (LSDF) for the Adam Tas Corridor (or Stellenbosch Corridor) published by Stellenbosch Municipality, aims to bring hope and create sustainable growth. The Corridor brings this vision closer for all our citizens. It will create...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 15, 2022 | Forum, News
If you had to choose an international city to move to, which would you choose? The latest global liveability Index is ‘back to normal’ after the impact Covid-19 had on the 2020 and 2021 index. Vienna is back in the first place. This is the position it had in 2018 and...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 15, 2022 | Awards, Forum, News
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. Add New Kéré is a hero in...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 15, 2022 | Forum, News
The brutal invasion of Ukraine is sending shudders around the world. Unfortunately, Ukraine’s cultural heritage has also been damaged and destroyed by Russian forces. This includes museums, archives, brick Byzantine churches, cathedrals, monasteries, futuristic...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 15, 2022 | Forum, News
United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) regularly releases reports on the extent of climate change. The latest report, from March 2022, on Mitigation of Climate Change contains dismal news and simple steps to counteract the rise of greenhouse...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 3, 2022 | Forum, News
Built in 1691, Steenenbrug, alias Plankenbrug, alias the Adam Tas Bridge at Bosman’s Crossing, was the first access to Stellenbosch across the Kromme River, now known as Plankenbrug river. Earlier this year, an intergenerational group gathered on the banks of the...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 31, 2022 | Forum, Videos
These Are Jan Gehl’s Methods For Building Good Cities “We now know that first, we form the cities, but then the cities form us.” Meet 81-year-old Danish architect Jan Gehl who, for more than fifty years, has focused on improving the quality of urban life by helping...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 31, 2022 | Forum, Videos
Architect and academic Arthur Barker of the University of Pretoria believes there is a way of thinking about architecture in this country, that says something particular about South African architecture. To explore this notion, he identified FIVE THEMES which strongly...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 31, 2022 | Forum, Videos
Of the four finalists selected for Blank Space’s “Driverless Future Challenge”, which was announced last month, “Public Square” has emerged as the winning entry, with a plug-and-play scheme to transform New York’s public realm for its streets and pedestrians. Designed...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 31, 2022 | Forum, Videos
New York studio Edg has proposed converting some of Manhattan’s major roads into public-transit highways for driverless vehicles, in order to reduce travel times and turn the island’s central thoroughfares into landscaped parks. Edg’s project, named...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Dec 13, 2021 | Awards, Forum, News
Architecture Daily (a weblog covering architectural news, projects, products, events, interviews and competitions, opinion pieces, among others, catering to architects and designers) awarded their 2021 housing award to Nomos, a Spanish architectural firm, for their...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Dec 13, 2021 | Awards, Forum, News
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. According to the judges the...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Dec 13, 2021 | Awards, Forum, News
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...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Dec 13, 2021 | Awards, Forum, News
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...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Dec 13, 2021 | Awards, Forum, News
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...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Dec 13, 2021 | Awards, Forum, News
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...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Dec 13, 2021 | Architects, Awards
South African architectural practice, Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects (SAOTA), received a silver medal at the World Architectural News (WAN) Awards 2021 for their family home in Kloof street, Cape Town. Read More: www.wanawards.com...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 5, 2021 | Forum, News
Those who are artists themselves and appreciate art will know that titanium white is a pigment derived from titanium oxide. Until recently all believed that titanium white was discovered in a laboratory in New York. However, researchers recently discovered titanium...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 5, 2021 | Forum, News
New York architecture firm has a vision to “replace big retail spaces with local shops, cafes, housing, art galleries, etc. that are accessible and inclusive. ODA does not want to perpetuate inequality and hopes to create ground-level spaces that serve everyone, not...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 4, 2021 | Forum, News
With the Covid-19 pandemic still taking center stage in society, it is understandable that people can be wary of microbic organisms, while they forget about those organisms that are useful. To demonstrate this, bacteria Serratia ficaria (SH7) stepped up in society,...
