Award Entries: Built
House Wisse, Monaghan Farm
Robert Serman Architects - South Africa
House Wisse or, ‘Sonvanger’ as its inhabitants affectionately call it, stands as a home where one can leave their troubles at the door and where one is invited to connect with nature through observing the subtle shifts in its daily and seasonal rhythms.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
22
Flexible Family House
BE architect - Egypt
A house for a father and 2 sons, The brief argued for a flexible house with clear ownership division among the brothers with the possibility of ownership changes, in addition, the spaces should be flexible enough to accommodate future user changes.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
14
Moruleng Cultural Precinct
Office 24/7 Architecture - South Africa
The Moruleng Cultural Precinct forces a rethink of the notion of the rural cultural museum. The layering of new and heritage architectural structures and landscape are an integral part of the exhibition and narrative experience.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
5
Southern African Customs Union Headquarters Building
Barnard Mutua Architects - Namibia
A minimalist and clean line design approach was followed to create a headquarters building for the South African Customs Union that showcases and represents all member states (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland). The building is intended to become a symbol of unity of the member states of SACU.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
141
Nujoma Square
Barnard Mutua Architects - Namibia
The building as a village. A contemporary mixed use building in an established residential neighbourhood on the fringe of the Windhoek CBD. A series of solid and voids are arranged along a street that leads via a generous public scaled staircase up from Luther street.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
275
The Market Square
KMH Architects cc - South Africa
The Market Square located in a prominent position in Newtown, Johannesburg is the new home for the three business entities:The Market Theatre Foundation, Laboratory and Market Photo Workshop.The design recognized the site’s existing heritage building fabric and stitches new structures to create an integrated facility appropriately scaled to its context.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
41
Tshwane House
LYT Architecture - South Africa
The new headquarters for the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, located in the heart of Pretoria is a 5-Star Green Star SA certified building within a public-private partnership (PPP). The building’s efficient floor plate and civic gestures, speaks to its function as a building servicing the people of Tshwane.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
3
The SICU* Experiment - *Sustainable Incremental Construction Unit
EiABC-Addis Ababa University, Bauhaus University Weimar and Juba University - Ethiopia
The SICU experimental building is an alternative response to the housing challenges in a rapidly urbanizing city. Its goals were: first, to conduct the project through a collaborative process between academia, local administration and community; and second, to develop a prototype that is affordable, partially complete and fast to construct.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
20
"The Wall of Knowledge" - Middle School
Tarik Zoubdi & Mounir Benchekroun Architects - Morocco
"The Wall of knowledge" is a middle School located in El Jadida, Built for the children of the OCP's employees . Its genesis stems from the balance between constraints and program, and the expression of a strong symbolism in relation to the traditional architectural heritage of Morocco.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
134