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,...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 4, 2021 | Forum, News
As an architect, Michael Eliason advocates for dense, green, bike-friendly, family-friendly cities with ample social housing and open space. He sees five influential trends in liveable and innovative cities. 1. Brownfields to eco districts European cities have been...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 3, 2021 | Forum, News
UNESCO recently announced that the city of Liverpool has lost her status as world heritage site. With this announcement the focus is on the reciprocal relationship between development, heritage and culture as well as economic interests. Economic progress may often be...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 3, 2021 | Forum, News
The 2021 Liveability Ratings of cities worldwide is significantly different from ratings done in previous years. This is due to the impact of the pandemic. Auckland in New Zealand had the highest ranking according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) liveability...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 3, 2021 | Awards, Forum, News
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...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Oct 26, 2021 | Forum, News
The Modern Heritage of Africa (MoHoA) foundation that is based at the University of Cape Town is planning a Symposium in September 2021 on modern heritage in Africa and a second symposium at the University College of London in 2022 on Modern Heritage in the...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Oct 26, 2021 | Forum, News
Africa as Lab of the Future Lesley Lokko is a co-founder of the Graduate School of Architecture in Johannesburg (2015) and the Africa Future Instituten in Accra (2021). She is a Ghanaian-Scottish architect who has worked and taught not only in Africa, but also in...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Oct 26, 2021 | A:Books, Books, Forum
Human Geographies of Stellenbosch: Transforming Space, Preserving Place?Editor Ronnie DonaldsonPublished by African Sun Media This book provides a combination of a well-researched as well as a local perspective on the urban geography of Stellenbosch and asks what...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Jun 1, 2021 | Forum, News
Stellenbosch Municipality recently appointed Katherine Robinson as Senior Heritage Planner. She joined the Department of Planning and Economic Development in February 2021. Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation asked Katherine a few questions about her interest in...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 30, 2021 | Forum, News
Lauren Buchanan, newly elected chair of the Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation, sees the Foundation become more widely and pro-actively involved in the broader community of Stellenbosch. Lauren has been on the Foundation’s executive committee for the past three...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 30, 2021 | Forum, News
In the past years, heritage and its reciprocal relationship with society have been in the news and also circulates in everyday conversations. Again, so when the recent fire in Cape Town destroyed amongst others the University of Cape Town’s Jagger Reading Room and...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 26, 2021 | Forum, News
In April the restoration of the Bloemfontein City Hall, which was gutted by a fire in 2017, was completed. Mangaung Metro Municipality formed a task team with Roodt Architects to manage the restoration project. Architect Anton Roodt explained that the restored...
