WORDS Lindi Brownell Meiring
After the Alexander Forbes head office took AfriSam-SAIA’s top award for Sustainable Architecture this month (October 2014), we thought we’d round up a quick list of other award-winning buildings from across the country too.
From the magestic Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in Limpopo to the striking Ubuntu Centre in Port Elizabeth, here, in no particular order are 10 of the country’s stand-outs.
WHERE: Rosebank, Johannesburg
DESIGNED BY: StudioMAS
AWARDS: GIFA Award for Architecture 2011, SAIA Award For Excellence 2012, SAIA Award of Merit 2012
Image credit: Tristan McLaren
WHERE: Salvokop, Pretoria
DESIGNED BY: GAPP Architects and Urban Designers, Mashabane Rose Associates, MMA Architects
AWARDS: SAIA Award For Excellence 2014, SAIA Award of Merit 2014, PIA Award for Architecture 2011
Image credit: Adriaan Louw
3. Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre
WHERE: Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo
DESIGNED BY: Peter Rich Architects
AWARDS: World Building Of The Year 2009 (take a look at this year’s winner)
Image credit: Obie Oberholzer
WHERE: Zwide, Port Elizabeth
DESIGNED BY: Stan Field
AWARDS: Progressive Architecture Award 2009 (US), SAIA Award For Excellence 2012, SAIA Award of Merit 2012, ECIA Award for Architecture 2011
Image credit: Jonathan Riordan
5. SEED Library
WHERE: MC Weiler Primary School, Alexandra
DESIGNED BY: Architects of Justice
AWARDS: SAIA Award of Merit 2014, GIFA Award for Architecture 2013
Image credit: Andrew Royal
6. Nike Football Training Centre
WHERE: Soweto, Gauteng
DESIGNED BY: Sean Pearson of RUFproject (lead), Andy Walker of Nike Global Football, Luyanda Mpahlwa of Designscape Africa
AWARDS: SAIA Award Of Merit 2012, GIFA Award for Architecture 2011
Image credit: (via) RUFproject
WHERE: Ormonde, Johannesburg
DESIGNED BY: GAPP Architects and Urban Designers (lead), Mashabane Rose Architects, Linda Mvusi Architecture & Design, Britz Roodt Project Association
AWARDS: GIFA Merit Award for Architecture 2003, SAIA Award of Merit 2003
Image credit: (via) Apartheid Musueum
WHERE: Soweto, Gauteng
DESIGNED BY: Afritects
AWARDS: SAPOA Social/Environmental Impact Development Award 2012
Image credit: (via) Portfolio Collection
WHERE: Braamfontein, Johannesburg
DESIGNED BY: Nina Cohen, Fiona Garsen and William Martinson
AWARDS: SAIA Award of Merit 2014, GIFA Award For Architecure 2013
10. Alexander Forbes Head Office
WHERE: Sandton, Johannesburg
DESIGNED BY: Paragon Architects
AWARDS: AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture 2014
Image credit: (via) zenprop.co.za
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