Browsing Category Architecture

Andrag (B.) ed. CAPE TOWN STADIUM, between the lines
191 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2010. R228
A collection of ten articles, twenty six interviews and a panel discussion on the building of the Cape Town Stadium.

Articles include "Beyond the Village: Cape Town rises to the occasion" by Laurine Platzky, which explores the political and social history of Cape Town and addresses some of the topical issues relating to the location of the building,
"Urban Design - Beyond Object" by Henri Comrie and Khalied Jacobs, which explains how the urban form of the stadium relates to the spatial composition of the city,
"The Cape Town Diva: drama, dignity & delight" by Catherine Slessor, which examines the stadium from an architectural point of view,
"Putting a Lid on it" by Henning Rasmuss and Carolyn Helfenstein, which outlines what went into constructing the roof of the stadium, and
"Calla and Calabash: spectacular stadium structures surprise the world" by Roman Hollenstein, which discusses all the new stadia in the country.
Baker (J.) PRESERVING A HOUSE,
112 pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 2009. R250
The account of David and Jos Baker's restoration of the 300 year-old national monument Klein Zoar, reputedly the home of folk hero, Wolraad Woltemade, which they bought in 1984. The house is located now in the middle of Cape Town's dock container depot.

Jos Baker, a former fashion editor, food critic and freelance journalist, is a winner of Eat Out magazine's 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award. The book includes recipes for traditional Cape dishes, such as potbrood, snoek sambal, qunice jelly, atchar, pen and pootjies and bush pig.
Beavon (K.) JOHANNESBURG, the making and shaping of a city
373 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Pretoria, 2004. R185
Keith Beavon, an urban geographer, attempts "to reveal the unfolding geography of the city from its days as a mining camp through to its pressent position as premier metropolis of the African continent".
Botha (N.), Zerbst (F.) & Salie (F.) eds. DESIGN INDABA, all stars
327 pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, Cape Town, 2008. R350
Chronicles the first 10 years of Design Indaba, an annual conference held in Cape Town that focuses on how design - from graphic design, advertising and fashion to industrial design, architecture, craft and new media - can help solve the problems of South Africa. The book celebrates 35 international guests that have been hosted at the event and featured in the Design Indaba magazine.
Bremner (L.) JOHANNESBURG, one city colliding worlds
157 pp., map, colour illus., hardback, Johannesburg, 2004. R250
Preface by Achille Mbembe.

Lindsay Bremner holds the position of Chair of Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand. These five essays on the city of Johannesburg were first published in the "Sunday Times" newspaper in February and March 2001, as the first Bessie Head Fellowship articles.

Text in English, French & German.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  ...