Department of Architecture Blog

Home is where the heart is

2010-11-02T20:09:00.003+02:00

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Photo by Riette Basson

Student websites

2010-09-08T22:17:00.001+02:00

The latest student websites are published at www.architec.co.za.

Go and have a look.

hello, long forgotten blog!!

2010-08-26T19:50:00.001+02:00

We will try our utmost best to make this an actual blog from now on. Watch this space for weekly updates and news.

aza 2010 - johannesburg

2010-08-26T19:26:00.006+02:00

The annual architecture student congress is on its way...this year with a slight twist. Please click HERE to view the website and get more information. NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

Architecture ZA 2010 offers a week-long festival under the auspices of the South African Institute of Architects. It proposes to relocate architecture within the contemporary conditions and cultural production of South Africa. Local and international architects, as well as a wide collection of creative minds engaged in the imaging and production of the city - from filmmakers to urban geographers, space politicians to community organizers, philosophers to fashion critics - will be put into energetic contact. They will respond to a range of themes and topics designed to encourage the intersection of multi-disciplinary voices with architects and architecture.

Architecture ZA 2010 will engage with a wide, popular reach of interests to which sponsors and the general public can relate. Top international names, varied platforms for debate and a multitude of performances and events will ensure critical mass and major exposure.

The Pritzker Architecture Prize

2009-05-16T13:31:00.003+02:00

The Pritzker Prize is one of the highest awards in architecture. The purpose of this award is "to honour a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture."

This year's Laureate is Peter Zumthor. Please visit the Pritzker Prize website for more information.

"the design is already there..."

2008-12-07T13:18:00.002+02:00

"...you just have to catch it"

- Hadi Teherani

Visit the website of this amazing Iranian-born architect / designer. He designed a chair that was featured in the new James Bond movie. For exquisite detailing and forward-thinking architecture, visit:

www.haditeherani.de

For the Modernist in you.

2008-11-04T20:24:00.004+02:00

In September 2008, the Farnsworth house by Mies van der Rohe flooded. Click on the link below to follow the chronology of the flood.

http://www.farnsworthhouse.org/flood_chronology_2008.htm

Welcome

2008-09-14T11:25:00.000+02:00

...to the blog site of the Department of Architecture. This is the first post of many, and this blog will serve as a forum for students and lecturers to air opinions and share interesting facts on art, design and architecture. If architecture is your business, be sure to make this page one of your favourites. As they say...watch this space!