Patron, Ambassador & Master Jury 2017 | Africa Architecture

Patron, Ambassador & Master Jury 2017

In addition to the valuable roles played by the Steering Panel and Master Jury, the Africa Architecture Awards has assembled three architectural influencers who will function to promote and further the aims of the awards.

We are proud to announce the;

Patron of the Africa Architecture Awards 2017

Sir David Adjaye OBE, Adjaye Associates

Ambassador of the Africa Architecture Awards 2017

Phill Mashabane, Mashabane Rose Architects.

Advisor t the Africa Architecture Awards:

Zahira Asmal, The CIty

Master Jury of the Africa Architecture Awards 2017

The role of the Master Jury is to evaluate all entry submissions to decide on the short-list, trophy winners and Grand Prix award. The Master Jury comprises seven members from across the continent. Chosen by the Steering Panel, they are as follows:

Anna Abengowe (Nigeria)

Guillaume Koffi (Côte d’Ivoire)

Professor Edgar Pieterse (South Africa)

Patti Anahory (Cape Verde)

Professor Mark Olweny (Uganda)

Tanzeem Razak (South Africa)

Phill Mashabane (South Africa)

Phill Mashabane

Phill Mashabane obtained his degree in Architecture in Paris, France, and three years later enrolled and completed his LLB. In 1995 he co-founded Mashabane Rose Associates, a dynamic South African architectural and design studio. In 2012 he completed his studies in Alternative Dispute Resolution with the University of Pretoria. He is currently in the process of completing an Msc in Knowledge and Project Management at the University of Salford.
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Guillaume Koffi

Côte d’Ivoire

Architect Guillaume Koffi is the co-founder and President of the Board of Administrators of Koffi & Diabaté Group. He holds a Diplôme de l'École Spéciale d'Architecture (DESA). After garnering over thirty years of experience in architectural studies and the management of major projects in Africa, he co-founded Koffi & Diabaté Architects in 2001,
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Patti Anahory is an architect and designer. She holds a Masters in Architecture degree from Princeton University and an undergraduate degree in architecture from the Boston Architectural College. Her academic work has focused on questioning the presupposed relationships of place and identity as well as the social and spatial definitions of boundaries in articulation with issues of identity,
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Tanzeem Razak is the director and founding partner of the practice Lemon Pebble Architects in Johannesburg, South Africa. She graduated from the University of Witwatersrand with a BArch and in 2004 graduated with an MArch (Cum Laude)in Human Settlements from the Katholieke Universiteit in Belgium. Razak is a passionate advocate for spatial transformation in South African cities and her focus is on design in areas of limited resources.
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Anna Abengowe is the founder of Worldwide Architecture, a full-service architecture and design firm presently pursuing projects in Morocco, New York and Nigeria. Abengowe was born in the UK, raised in Nigeria, and educated in the United States, where she received her Architecture degree at Princeton University. She is currently a consultant with the Build It Back Hurricane Sandy restoration project in New York City and resides in Harlem.
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Prof. Edgar Pieterse

Professor Edgar Pieterse is an urban scholar, writer, curator and creative agent whose interests include the theory and practice of policy discourses and interventions to make the African city more just, open and vibrant. He holds the South African Research Chair in Urban Policy and is director of the African Centre for Cities,
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Dr. Mark Olweny

Dr. Mark Olweny graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Architecture (Honours), followed by a Masters of Regional and Urban Planning degree from the University of South Australia. He studied further educational semesters at the University of British Columbia and the University of Manitoba. He completed a research Master of Architectural Studies from the University of Adelaide,
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Guillaume Koffi

Côte d’Ivoire

Architect Guillaume Koffi is the co-founder and President of the Board of Administrators of Koffi & Diabaté Group. He holds a Diplôme de l'École Spéciale d'Architecture (DESA). After garnering over thirty years of experience in architectural studies and the management of major projects in Africa, he co-founded Koffi & Diabaté Architects in 2001,
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Dr. Mark Olweny

Dr. Mark Olweny graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Architecture (Honours), followed by a Masters of Regional and Urban Planning degree from the University of South Australia. He studied further educational semesters at the University of British Columbia and the University of Manitoba. He completed a research Master of Architectural Studies from the University of Adelaide,
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