by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 26, 2021 | Forum, News
Charles and Dorothy Johnman were conservationists at heart (www.johnman.co.za). They wished that their house in Herte street to be a home for music and that future generations will also enjoy the garden. When Dorothy died in 1995, she left her house and beautiful...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 26, 2021 | Awards, Forum, News
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...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 25, 2021 | Awards, Forum, News
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....
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 6, 2021 | C: Stellenbosch Architecture: Policy and Practice, C: Stellenbosch Policies and Practices, Forum, Heritage | Research and Proposals, News, Sustainable Urban Design and Planning
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 6, 2021 | Heritage
Article by ∗Joanne Gibson, published on Winemag.co.za On a circa 1688-1690 map that shows the oldest Stellenbosch farms in the names of their first owners, including Roelof Pasman of Rustenberg and Gerrit ‘Grof’ Visser of Blaauwklippen, it’s hard to miss two tracts of...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 6, 2021 | Database Listed buildings Stellenbosch, G: Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation: Newsletters
Article by Artefacts.co.za The earliest deeds for Meerlust are signed by Simon van der Stel and dated 1693. These lands extended much further than the present farm, and there were grazing rights as far afield as Saldanha Bay. The original T-shaped house of plastered...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 6, 2021 | Essays & Opinions, Forum, News
How did the influence of networked media on the contestation of heritage develop from specific cases like #RhodesMustFall to current processes of “Woke Iconoclasm” and “Cancel Culture”, and what can be expected next? Introduction: Iconoclasm then and now For...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Apr 29, 2021 | Essays & Opinions, Forum, I: Lectures, Articles and Essays, News
Karoo as Canvas: Assessing the shifts in artistic interpretation and portrayal of the Karoo landscape through a biographical exploration of South African artists inspired by this vast arid interior, including the effects thereof on local identity and activity trends....
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 12, 2020 | Forum, News
It was 1991 when I first stepped into the Department of Planning of Stellenbosch Municipality in their offices in Plein Street. A few offices, a ledger room crammed full of files and a few dedicated town planners and building inspectors formed the whole Department of...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 12, 2020 | Essays & Opinions, Forum, News
Janine Loubser is an urban planner from Cape Town currently completing a Masters in Spatial Heritage at the Vrije University in Amsterdam. She has also been serving on the board of the Young Urbanists community since 2018. Intrigued by diverse contexts, her interest...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 9, 2020 | Forum, News
It is Transport Month and for one week, the Municipality has created space for pedestrians and cyclists. In October, during mobility week, the Municipality gave preference to non-motorised transport in Church and Andringa streets, and restaurants are open onto the...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 8, 2020 | Forum, H: Tributes, News
The art historians, Mary Cook and Hans Fransen, write that the three most important and influential architects in the Western Cape during the middle of the previous century were Gawie Fagan, Pius Pahl and Revel Fox. All three did important architectural work in...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 8, 2020 | Awards, Forum, News
The Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) 2021 gold medal, went to Sir David Adjaye for his significant influence on contemporary architecture. Adjaye Associates was founded in 2000 and has studios in Accra, London and New York. The studio’s well-known...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 8, 2020 | Forum, News
Recently Carpenters Without Borders was in the news when they constructed a three ton oak truss, in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral, by hand. This truss is similar to the one destroyed in the fire last year. By making this oak trust, they demonstrated the expertise...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Nov 8, 2020 | Forum, News
Stellenbosch University commissioned artist, Strijdom van der Merwe to design an art work to celebrate the Constitution of South Africa. This art work is at the Law Faculty’s main building on campus, the Old Main Building in Ryneveld street. The separate metal plates...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 19, 2020 | Forum, News
Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House is one of the most studied buildings from the 20th century and is a wonderful example of Van der Rohe’s style and philosophy. This house in Illinois, USA, was recently restored and opened after lockdown with an exhibition on the...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 19, 2020 | Forum, News
South Africa was recently in the lime light when architect Jaco Booyens, based in Robertson, together with SAOTA, a leading firm of architects based in Cape Town, received gold for the prestigious 2020 Domus Restoration and Conservation Award, or International Prize...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 19, 2020 | Forum, News
South African architects’ concept of the Serpentine Pavilion 2020 was postponed until next year. The Serpentine Gallery explained that the Covid-19 crisis has changed the nature of the context in which the Pavilion will be used by the public. According to architect,...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 19, 2020 | Forum, News
The winners of Rethink: 2025, an international design competition that is hosted by the Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA), were recently announced. According to the RIBA Journal, this competition was “unexpected and unprecedented … launched in the middle...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 19, 2020 | Forum, News
The Adam Tas Corridor project is a prime project in the spatial and development framework and other policy documents of Stellenbosch Municipality. Furthermore, the project represents collaboration between the three levels of government and has the support of...
