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Awards 2015 - Entries

Our inaugural awards show saw an unprecedented volume and variety of entries. 38 entries attracted 8 896 votes in the online Peoples Choice Awards and the website attracted over 10 000 unique visitors in the 6 month period of the awards promotion within South Africa.

Judges evaluated work on:

Habitat – the configuration of architectural space within the Social Gain definition. Innovation in architectural design. Evidence of user satisfaction of occupier.
Craft of architecture – the innovative exploration of materials and technique in the construction of the project
Possibilities for the evolution of public architecture – An opportunity to contribute toward knowledge in the field; to mould public space and influence decision makers.
Quality of visual and written submission – The quality and the imagination of the submission forms and important part of the communication process.

All 2015 entries

All • Future • Built • Adopt

Vukuzakhe is a research project looking into developing systems for the delivery of an alternative building typology.

African School for Excellence

A new facility for the low-cost private schooling provider African School for Excellence. The building houses 10 new classrooms, a multipurpose hall, administration block and ablutions.

Lungisisa Indlela Village (LIV)

LIV is a home to 600 vulnerable children. Each child is given an opportunity to be loved by a family and find belonging and a sense of self-worth.

Dean’s Complex and Lecture Halls

Additional Lecture halls added as a vertical expansion to the existing Health Sciences Building at the University of Pretoria.

Karl Bremer Office Accommodation

New Administration Office and Training Facility for the Western Cape Government's Department of Public Works - Health. The structure will be complete midway through 2016 and will be the first project, internationally, to combine socio-economic and environmental strategies to a achieve a 5 Green Star rating.

Penguins Preschoo

This social uplift-meant project simultaneously tackles the need for education, environmental awareness and social integration within a fragmented society.

African School for Excellence

A new facility for the low-cost private schooling provider African School for Excellence. The building houses 10 new classrooms, a multipurpose hall, administration block and ablutions.

Penguins Preschoo

This social uplift-meant project simultaneously tackles the need for education, environmental awareness and social integration within a fragmented society.