Articles:
Introduction
Author(s): Walter Peters
Keywords: Architectural Section, Natal Region, low-income groups, unskilled labour, Christina Giampetri
Background to the Urban Foundation and its Involvement in Project Activity
Author(s): Peter Wilkinson, Derek van Heerden
Keywords: 1976, improving the quality of life, structural reform, participatory process, housing, just society, housing for Blacks, security of tenure, self-help concepts, ACCESS, public and private sector financing, communities, development agency, research, advocacy, communication, innovative, pre-school education, demonstration, negotiating role, technical expertise, management skills, design models, responsive project, monitoring performance, usage, local builders, lump sum contract, labour-only builders and subcontractors, on-site management, repayable soft loans, third world development, quantity, over quality, de-skilled
Provincial Committee
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Keywords: News, Malcolm Hamlin, NPIA, Bill Vos
Geoffrey Le Sueur Scholarship
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Keywords: News, Johann Slee, Cape Dutch, Palladian, Veneto
Corobrik’s Unique “All Products Catalogue” System
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Keywords: News, national catalogue system, world first, walling, roofing, ceramic, tile, sanitary-ware, 50, factories, face bricks, colours, moods, grade, classification, technical data
University/ Institute Liaison Committee Best Brick Prize
Architect(s): Small, Pettit & Robson, Hallen, Theron and Partners, Marinier, Small and Pettit
Author(s): Gordon Small
Keywords: Letters
The Awards System
Architect(s): Hallen Theron and Partners, Julian Elliott
Author(s): Don Dyke-Wells
Keywords: Letters, Mangosuthu Technikon, intellectual superiority, jury’s brief, uncomfortably wide, Awards Group, Royal Institute of British Architects, censorious comment, criteria, citation, architectural form, visual awareness
Site and Service Scheme – KwaMashu 1980
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Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Location(s): KwaMashu
Keywords: housing, undeveloped infill areas, middle income, owner-build, free enterprise
Inanda Newtown 1981
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Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Keywords: housing, site and service, minimum infrastructure, pit latrines, stand pipes, Govt. loans, environmental upgrading, low income
Self-Help Housing
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Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Location(s): Phoenix
Keywords: housing, Indian self-help housing, utility company
Briardale – Newlands West 1981
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Architect(s): Urban Foundation, Building Design Group
Location(s): Newlands West
Keywords: commercial, Indian Housing, Townhouses, Detached, nursery school, public park, community, middle income group
Inanda Newtown Traders Market and Industrial Units
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Keywords: commercial, covered stalls, Market Square, manufacturing, marketing
Home Improvement
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Location(s): Umlazi
Keywords: commercial, technical advice, national architectural competition
KwaMashu Traders Market
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Keywords: commercial, station, KwaMashu Council, covered stalls, service facilities, offal traders
Sankontshe School
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Location(s): Mpumalanga
Keywords: education schools, labour only contracts, courtyard design
Bergville School
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Location(s): Rookdale
Keywords: education schools, ablutions (vent. pit type), lump sum contract, hail zone
Dube High School
Architect(s): Building Design Group
Location(s): KwaMashu
Keywords: education schools, laboratory, formal lump sum contract, teachers training college, cum high school
Nqobane School
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Location(s): Dassenhoek
Keywords: education schools, aqua-privy, labour only contracts, steep hill, rock terraces, water, school children, building work
Nonhlevu Secondary School
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Keywords: education schools, upgrading existing buildings, phased development, Stanger Rotary
Mgane Wakhe School
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Location(s): Umgababa
Keywords: education schools, aqua-privy, coastal hilltop site, extreme wind conditions, courtyard space, hard surface
Newlands East Creche
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Keywords: education, Pre-Schools, negotiated lump sum, Mayor’s Fund, hilltop site, protect playing area from wind
Umlazi Resources Centre
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Keywords: education, Pre-Schools, lump sum contract, sloping site, after hours
Magabheni Creche
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Location(s): Umkomaas, Fredville, Limehill
Keywords: education, Pre-Schools, labour only contract, prototype
Havenside Creche
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Location(s): Chatsworth
Keywords: education, Pre-Schools, Panhandle site, National Housing Commission Standards, large shed, covered verandah
Groutville Nursery School
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Keywords: education, Pre-Schools, formal lump sum contract, Stanger Rotary, maximise orientation, enclose external play space
Milkafrika Creche
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Location(s): Inanda Newtown
Keywords: education, Pre-Schools, Milk Afrika Music Festival
Abadingayo Children’s Home
Architect(s): M. Dyer
Location(s): Edendale, Pietermaritzburg
Keywords: community facilities, orphaned children, dormitory, matron, negotiated contract
YMCA
Architect(s): Building Design Group
Location(s): KwaMashu
Keywords: community facilities, matron’s flat
Umlazi Old Age Home
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Keywords: community facilities
YWCA KwaMashu
Architect(s): Franklin, Garland & Gibson
Keywords: community facilities, centralised courtyard
Bantuvukani School Kitchen
Architect(s): Urban Foundation
Location(s): Lamontville
Keywords: community facilities, school population, excess of 1000, daily feeding scheme
Inanda Newtown Community Hall
Architect(s): Mikula and Johnson
Keywords: community facilities, local clinic, portal frame, labour only contracts
Community Hall
Keywords: community facilities, pilot Indian self-help, LA requirements, indoor sports, high ceiling heights
Mqhawe School Hall
Location(s): Inanda Mission Reserve
Keywords: community facilities, open-sided hall, portal frame, lump sum contract, infill block work, local labour, centenary celebrations
Adams Hosken Hall
Architect(s): Urban Foundation, K MacGarry
Keywords: community facilities, negotiated labour only contract
Locality Map
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Keywords: Indian group areas, developed Indian, Black group area, developed Black, Coloured area, developed Coloured, industry
Comment: Architecture and the Challenge of Development
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Keywords: promotion, well-being of individuals and communities, quality of life, Third World, development strategies, reduction, removal, inequity, focus in development, basic needs, material improvement, rapid city growth, levels of inequality, squatter housing, African, non-government development agencies, Soweto uprisings, involvement of architects, skills, Poverty, income, contribution
Changes
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Keywords: partnership, Addresses, membership, Members, class, resigned
