Award Entries: Built
Mamelodi POD
Architecture for a Change - South Africa
The project entailed the design and construction of a small housing unit in the informal settlement Mamelodi, Pretoria, South-Africa. The design fills the gap between informal and formal housing. South Africa has 2700 informal settlements with millions of inhabitants living in substandard conditions.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
8
Aldeia Solar
Costalopes / José Forjaz Arquitectos - Angola
Aldeia Solar creates a settlement for 500 low-income families, ensuring a self-sufficient farming community with public spaces and respecting a landscape with multiple baobabs, sacred trees in Africa. Generated by the landscape, it is energetically autonomous with flexible houses attached to small farms, delivering a better life to many people.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
188
THREAD : Artists' Residency and Cultural Center
Toshiko Mori Architect, PLLC - Senegal
Situated in a remote Senegalese village, THREAD offers multiple programs for the community and also fulfills substantial domestic and agricultural water needs. The building’s traditional design relies on local materials and construction techniques with climatic considerations also figure prominently into the building’s form and orientation of the different spaces.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
32
The Campanile Restoration
The Matrix Urban Designers and Architects - South Africa
The Restoration of the Campanile Building, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
140
Alterations and Renovations to Port Elizabeth Opera House
The Matrix Urban Designers and Architects - South Africa
The PE Opera House presents a model for conservation architecture that integrates the best of its past, in harmony with a modern architectural narrative. Critically, the design showcases an appropriate balance between conservation and integration of contemporary architectural expression, arguably redefining the building beyond its previous heritage value.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
80
Mendi Multi-Purpose Centre
The Matrix Urban Designers and Architects - South Africa
The new Multi-Purpose community centre seeks to create a place of architectural dignity and a sense of place in the local community while at the same time establish a building which is contextually and socially relevant and one which offers local artists a platform for their work and future development
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People's Choice Total Votes:
88
Bahir Dar University Staff Lounge
Bahir Dar University - Ethiopia
Bahir Dar University- Yibab campus staff lounge is designed to give a refreshing and panoramic spaces in the hot humid climate of the Bahir Dar city. The architecture has become an ensemble of a glass box; enveloped with adjustable wooden leaf; covered with an elevated and extended roof cover.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
76
Sinkhuis
Slee and Co Architects - South Africa
A home created where you are constantly aware of the beautiful mountains surrounding us. Our inspiration came from the intense appreciation for our local honest farm structures. "It is like living on a farm, our views are so carefully planned that we are not aware of anybody around us"
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People's Choice Total Votes:
9
Meletse Bush Camp
Slee and Co Architects - South Africa
A secluded hideaway for our client to enjoy nature and their love for wildlife. This special place is hidden away on a saddle between two ‘klipkoppies’, overlooking the magnificent natural landscape of the area. The simplicity of being in nature.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
8