Articles:
NPIA Committees
Keywords: News, Annual General Meeting, Caister Hotel, Provincial Committee
NPIA Changes
Keywords: News, practices, membership, Addresses, Members, deceased
University/ Institute Liaison Committee
Keywords: News
Editorial: The Awards System
Architect(s): Hallen, Theron & Partners, Revel Fox, Don Dyke-Wells
Author(s): Dr. Walter Peters
Location(s): Cape Town
Keywords: contemporary, Mangosuthu Technikon, good design, academic, Awards, Royal Institute of British Architects, purpose, public recognition, excellent, consistency, quality, appropriate use of materials, remain a fine work of architecture, educational means, Simon Roberts, Natal Law Society, Les Williams, clients, patrons, outstanding environments, one-off, biennial building, assessors, contractor, Design, Stocks & Stocks
Mangosuthu Technikon
Page 1
Architect(s): Hallen Theron and Partners Inc, Julian Elliott
Location(s): Umlazi
Keywords: architectural excellence, good design, academic, welcome without pretension, Mediterranean, spirit of Tuscany, cloistered quadrangle, mandala, intimate liaison of art and architecture, multiple-etching technique, Andrew Verster, nodal elements, quadrangular, Terracotta tile, precast concrete, flying brackets, rust, formal inventiveness
Cathedral of the Holy Nativity
Page 2
Architect(s): Kammeyer, Rozendal and Carter-Brown
Location(s): Pietermaritzburg
Keywords: First Prize, national architectural competition, historic Victorian City, civic, radical, cues, environment, city, Victorian, concrete frame, St. Peter’s, multipurpose meeting space, sanctuary, military, stained glass museum, structural cross, clusters, square within the circle, Organic, Fellowship Building, ‘The Centre, screen wall, layered functional spaces, Refectory/Foyer, curvilinear, Green Space, green shaded place, tranquil precinct
101 Victoria Embankment
Page 3
Architect(s): Monte Bryer and Rodd, Gerald Seitter , Dennis Boyd
Location(s): Durban, Victoria Embankment
Keywords: bachelor, simplex, duplex, squash courts, swimming pool, sun deck, children’t play centre, laundromat, pleasant living, urban, High Density, Esplanade green belt, reducing noise, landmark, Durban Club, tall, accommodation types, Architect & Builder
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre
Page 4
Architect(s): Bruce E. Powers
Location(s): Durban
Keywords: ancillary, core, external walls, internal connections, minimum, porte-cochere, performing arts, raked auditorium, coffee bar, production, actor-audience relationship, proscenium stage, air-conditioned single-tiered, fly tower, orchestra pit, wing space, lighting catwalk, concrete structural frame, facebrick infill panels, steel roof trusses, festivals, retain indigenous vegetation, blend the building into its natural surroundings
Maintenance, Change and Dining Facility
Page 5
Architect(s): Daniel and Associates
Location(s): Durban
Keywords: service building, heavy industrial context, human element, mechanistic, humanisation process, dialogue, surroundings, Architecture SA
The Mews
Page 6
Architect(s): Tollman Haarhof & Partners, The Olaf Pretorius Smith & Poole Partnership
Location(s): Durban
Keywords: ‘family-type’ housing units, rooftop, ‘apartment-type’, limited potential for open space interaction, preserve, balance, community open space, private open space, formal, spatial concept, L-shaped, garden setting, stacked, knuckle, individuality, domestic scale, brick paved, trees, palms
House Dada
Page 7
Architect(s): Brian Johnson
Location(s): Westville
Keywords: suburban, views, sea, Indian industrialist, interpret, traditional, Vernacular, High Modern, overhanging verandah roof, parasol-type, decorative slatted sun screens, Victorian, visual, over-scaled
House Oldfield
Page 8
Architect(s): Brian Johnson
Location(s): Durban, Musgrave Road
Keywords: tennis court, pan-handled access, structural engineer, north facing, central pool courtyard, unobtrusive roof, one-metre diameter columns, cantilevered eaves, shade, face-brick, rugged, raised formal lounge, family room, feature bar, formal dining room, en-suite bedroom
House Thomas
Page 9
Architect(s): Brian Johnson
Location(s): Westville
Keywords: sloping site, Palmiet River, doctor, hobbies, gardening, antique collection, harmonise, natural surroundings, visual impact, flat roof, internal planning, circular beam, cut-out, long vistas, landscaped, rippling stream, blending
House Schmidt
Page 10
Architect(s): Hallen Theron and Partners Inc
Location(s): Cowies Hill
Keywords: verandah-like form, slender columns, shallow curve, overhangs, shading, roof edge, gabled
Natal University Student Wins International Union of Architects Prize
Page 11
Author(s): Errol Haarhoff
Location(s): Cape Town
Keywords: News, International Union of Architects, UNESCO, student competition, XIIth Student Competition, self-help housing delivery, low-income, plan, own dwellings, tight budget constraints, developing countries, special design programmes, National Congress of the Institute of S.A. Architects, John Turner, actual live situation, special awareness of its context, co-operative, collective action, egalitarian, difficult constraints, relationship between architect and user, Dudley Yeo, Black South Africans, affordability, target population, physical framework, cul-de-sac, communal, sewers, phased, flexible building rules, economic, partnership, power, meaningful, recognition, international level
Best Brick Prize
Page 12
Architect(s): Hallen, Theron and Partners Inc., Marinier, Small and Pettit, Prof. D.N. Dyke-Wells, Revel Fox, Tony Pooke
Keywords: News, Natal Mercury auditorium, certificates, Corobrik, family home, Natal Provincial Institute of Architects, Natal Mercury, Chris Lee, improve, quality of environment, Design, public awareness
