It represents a contemporary interpretation of the Cape cottage vernacular that characterises the region, a South African holiday home style which in turn contained a hefty dose of Victorian seaside ...

This iconic structure was designed by South African firms GAPP Architects ... elements and modernity with a Nigerian vernacular style of architecture in this reimagined Dominican chapel in Ibadan.

Jean-paul Bourdier, a professor of architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, has published several books on vernacular architecture ... wisely limit their study to dwellings in West ...

There are many reasons why this is occurring, but the main reason is the biggest myth of vernacular architecture: the negative perceptions attached to the term. Whereas Western materials and ...

It has been a dozen years since local architect Peter Rich’s Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre was named the World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona.

Rhodes University provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. The Mbhashe area ... hadn’t yet been featured in research on vernacular architecture. We asked study participants ...

MBOMBELA – A historic church from the Lowveld is featured in Philippe Menache and Darryl Earl David’s latest book on churches in South Africa. The book, Church Tourism in South Africa, one of ...

This iconic structure was designed by South African firms GAPP Architects ... elements and modernity with a Nigerian vernacular style of architecture in this reimagined Dominican chapel in Ibadan.

South Africa’s history of labour migration ... a case study because it hadn’t yet been featured in research on vernacular architecture. We asked study participants to discuss the cultural ...