Award Entries
Fisheries Science Center
University of Nairobi - Kenya
Based along the second largest fresh water lake in the world, this center for researchers, tourists and locals is meant to work as a platform for training, innovation, entrepreneurship and recruiting talent in support of the local authority’s goal of conservation and management of the regions living marine resource(s).
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People's Choice Total Votes:
26
The Refurbishment of Esselen Clinic
Ntsika Architects - South Africa
Situated in one of Johannesburg's most densely populated neighborhoods, this clinic is an integral part of the urban landscape of Hillbrow. The Pabst design, a heritage site, is a gem which adds to the richness of this city. The project aims to breathe new life back into the facility.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
2
Apsaidal - Architecture and Interior Design in Africa
Apsaidal-Spain
APSAIDAL is an e-zine focused on Architecture and the Built Environment in Africa, intented to raise its acknowledgment locally and internationally; to revalue the African architectural heritage; to provide inspiration to the designers who will have the opportunity and the challenge of working in Africa at the future.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
3140
Westbury Clinic
Ntsika Architects - South Africa
Situated in Westbury, one of Joburg's many marginalized communities, Westbury Clinic challenges the norm of public facilities which are being designed behind fences. It advocates for public buildings to be open and generous to its users, creating internal courtyards and a street interface which becomes a backdrop for life unfolding.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
2
Timber House
Earthworld Architects & Interiors - South Africa
Tradition can be either an asset or a hindrance in vernacular architecture. Timber House aims to challenge current thinking concerning construction techniques & materiality in South Africa's regional discourse. Through employing a distinct stereotomic & tectonic relationship, the design creates a variety of spatial qualities based on these principles.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
6
Design Indaba Conference
Design Indaba-Interactive Africa-SA
The annual Design Indaba Conference is held in Cape Town, South Africa. Over its 22-year existence we’ve seen architecture, and its ability to foster indigenous solutions, emerge as one of the key creative industries in Africa. Each year, we invite the African architects at the forefront of this movement to share their work on the Design Indaba Stage.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
7
Streetlight Schools, Jeppestown
Fieldworks Design Group - South Africa
Street Light School, located in the heart of The City of Johannesburg is developing low-cost best practices in learning and teaching. The learning centre is the first GBCSA Green-Star rated School on the African continent, and was almost entirely constructed from low cost and up-cycled materials.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
282
Zip Zap Circus School
Tsai Design Studio - South Africa
The design for the new Zip Zip Circus School - a social circus based in Cape Town, South Africa - focuses on capturing the magic and drama of the circus to create spaces that offer uniquely immersive learning experience for children & youth of all ages and backgrounds.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
544
Thirdspace : Negotiating the Thirdspace as an Emergent Territory
Arthur Lehloenya - South Africa
This work explores notions of power and identity expressed in the Union Buildings This will be investigated in terms of the political initiation allowing for a new image within changing cultural beliefs. The proposed programme opens a new collective memory; one which represents unity amongst all people in South Africa.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
6