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Green Designs

Sustainability and the green agenda continue to inform the architecture and design of new developments, says Hugh Fraser.

Open Letter To Students Of Colour

I am writing to you, from a place of empathy, because of a deep concern for you and the future of our discipline.

Of Land And Legacy

Remembering the late Professor Emeritus Gilbert Herbert, an architect whose award-winning creative and academic output spanned decades and continents.

Inspired Leadership In Architecture

To achieve any architectural form requires leadership.

Rock Cool

At the Beaufort West Hillside Clinic, smart use of strategically placed rock stores reduce the pressure on the building’s heating and cooling system.

Remembering Gerald Gordon

A tribute to a veteran architect whose creativity and desire to solve housing problems made major contributions to the theory and practice of architecture.

Monuments Of Transformation

The world is challenged by whether people of different races, customs, religions and philosophical traditions should live together as the citizens of the same nation.

Spatial Art

A look at a striking concrete sculpture feature at the entrance to a Constantia home.

The Language Of The Built Environment

A review of a new English-Zulu glossary of historical architectural terms.

One To Watch

Meet the recipient of the 30th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year award, Jean-Pierre Desvaux De Marigny from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

World Architecture Day

The first Monday of October each year has been set aside as World Architecture Day, when the International Union of Architects (UIA) calls for the world’s population to be reminded of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat.

One Of The Unknown Other

A black woman architect responds to two columns on architectural representation and Afrocentricity published in recent issues of ASA.

What Lies Beneath

The new pathway through the archaeological excavation site of the Wonderwerk Cave shows a deep sensitivity to the wonders that surround it.

138 Jan Smuts

For years, this section of Jan Smuts lacked identity despite its prominent location. Potentially, this bend holds important urban significance. It also forms part of Rosebank’s Keyes Art Mile, where people accumulate every first Thursday for exhibition openings.