EDITORIAL Architecture
The Elements Library by Hubo Studios, photo by Dave Southwood
GIfA Architecture Awards 2021 –
showcasing excellence The Gauteng Institute for Architecture's (GIfA) bi-annual awards programme for 2021 showcased talented members' excellent work produced over the past two years. New categories of achievement were introduced to include the diversity of the architects' projects.
hope. The building combines poetic, controlled application of architectural elements with artistic, sculptural quality.
President's Award
The combination gives it a landmark presence while convincingly resisting becoming an 'object building'. The design is agile in responding to challenging site conditions and an existing structure, mainly applying proportion and scale to mediate between the existing and the new.
Notable awards include the President's Award for the Westbury Transformation Centre for Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) and City of Johannesburg Social Development by Ntsika Architects, which also received an Award of Merit. GifA President, Krynauw Nel, felt that this project takes the voice of the desperate and changes it into a message of
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The jury panel noted that, "Colour, transparency and embracing architectural gestures are used to invite the community to a space tailor-made for their needs. www.sabuildingreview.co.za