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...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Aug 19, 2020 | Essays & Opinions, Forum, I: Lectures, Articles and Essays, News
Marilyn Martin, an honorary research associate of the Michaelis School of Fine Art gives her informed opinion on the French government’s plans to restore the spire or flèche of the Notre Dame. Her insight also scaffolds the way in which we can think about heritage in...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 18, 2020 | News
We live in an extraordinary time and must focus on our environment and fellow human beings. But even in extraordinary times, ordinary life goes on. You can read the small news items that follow within the context of these new and continuously changing circumstances....
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 16, 2020 | News
Paul Roos Gymnasium received a blue plaque when they recently celebrated the school’s 154th birthday. A blue plaque reminds the passer-by that something noteworthy and historically significant happened at that specific spot. In the case of Paul Roos the blue plaque...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 16, 2020 | News
Elaine Aucamp, a well-known, colourful figure in Stellenbosch, passed away in January this year. She was actively involved and committed to the preservation of Stellenbosch’s cultural heritage. As a founding member of the Stellenbosch Interest Group, she also...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 16, 2020 | News
Stellenbosch lost her oldest two oak trees in the storm that hit the town on the 18th of January 2020. One oak was uprooted and blown over, while the Emergency Team of the Municipality cut off the top halve of the other oak, which stood further down Ryneveld street....
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 16, 2020 | News
With 99,1% Vienna is, according to the annual index of the Economist, the world’s most liveable city for 2019 – the second year running. Vienna is known for it’s lavish architecture, art and coffee shops. However, the index also takes factors such as stability...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 16, 2020 | News
Three female architects from Johannesburg were honoured when their firm, Counterspace, was invited by the Serpentine Gallery in London to design the 2020 Serpentine pavilion. The three women, Sumayya Vally, Sarah de Villiers and Amina Kaskar, are the first South...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 16, 2020 | News
Two female Irish architects, Yvonne Farrell and Shelly McNamara, received the 2020 Pritzker Prize, which is Architecture’s highest international honour. Farrell and McNamara are the only members of Grafton Architects in Dublin. Both women also have a keen interest in...
