Friday, September 20, 2013

The Three Headed City Monster

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(This piece first appeared in my column in the  Herald on 20 September 2013) My wife and I missed our evening walk on Tuesday. I d...
Wednesday, August 07, 2013

We can all take green action

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(this column first Appeared in The Herald on 7 August 2013) I spent last Sunday afternoon strolling around the exhibits at the Homemake...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

How green is your building?

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 People often make vague references to how "green' their building is. The Green Building Council of South Africa has a very compr...
Sunday, June 09, 2013

Of Fear and Order

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(This Column first appeared in The Herald on 7 June 2013) Article in the Herald - 4 June 2013 For a Saturday morning, things were goi...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Freedom and the shape and form of South African cities

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Freedom is so complicated. There are so many difficult decisions to make all the time. Do I get Top TV with its new porn channels? ...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Searching for the real thing

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This piece first appeared in The Herald on 10 April 2013. It was a particularly miserable Wednesday evening on Stanley Street. The ...
Friday, April 05, 2013

March 2013 Newsletter for the Easter Cape Institute of Architects

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Dear Colleagues, March 2013 newsletter I was watching with interest how the Easter Weekend rain washed away the "Splash Festi...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

February 3013 - Newsletter for the Eastern Cape Institute of Architects

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February 2013 Dear Colleagues, February has been a surprisingly positive month for our city. We have “close to capacity” crowds watc...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

January 2013 newsletter for the Eastern Cape Institute of Architects

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January 2013 Dear Colleagues , Welcome to the first Newsletter for the year from the Eastern Cape Institute of Architects . We wil...
Monday, December 10, 2012

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Last week, Tim officially handed over a donation of R34 000.00 to the Masifunde Education fund which operates in Gqebera. Tim explained to...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Central, Port Elizabeth – Blueprint for metro’s urban future?

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I tend to go on a bit about the form and shape of our cities. I find myself speaking about better cities, greener cities and walka...
Monday, November 12, 2012

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Have you hugged your Architect today? The East Cape Institute of Architects (ECIA) is proud to be associated with this Business L...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Architectural Practice and the failure of leadership in the South African Urban Crisis

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(This paper was first presented at the Biennial Conference of the South African Institute of Architects in Cape Town on 14 September 2012) ...