Competitions Archives

01 Mar 2022

35th Corobrik Student Architecture Awards: UCT Landscape Architecture

By Staff Writer

Regional winners are selected from eight major universities, based on the students’ final theses.

16 Feb 2022

35th Corobrik Student Architecture Awards Regional Winner: Tshwane University of Technology

By Staff Writer

35th Corobrik Student Architecture Awards Regional Winner: Tshwane University of Technology

02 Feb 2022

35th Corobrik Student Architecture Awards Regional Winner: University of Pretoria

By Staff Writer

Showcasing talent, creativity, innovation, and inspiration, the Corobrik Student Architecture Awards is all about jump-starting careers, building the industry, and designing tomorrow.

21 Jan 2022

35th Corobrik Student Architecture Awards Regional Winner: University of the Free State

By Staff Writer

35th Corobrik Student Architecture Awards, regional winners from the University of the Free State.

17 Jan 2022

The DIY & Industrial Trade News Industry Awards 2021

By Staff Writer

The DIY Awards, now in its twelfth year is an annual affair that usually takes place during an industry get together.

09 Sep 2021

PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative welcomes new judge to 2021 panel

By Staff Writer

Every year, students are tasked with meeting a real-world brief, based on a specific site. The site is selected based on the city in which the previous year’s winner is located. The top three students in 2020 were from Cape Town, so the 2021 brief is set there. The brief requires students to create a design to develop the historical Strand Street Quarry as an attractive tourist destination and connection hub along the City’s planned Heritage Route.

23 Jul 2021

KZN structural engineer is CCSA's top Young Concrete Researcher

By Staff Writer

Cement & Concrete SA (CCSA) has named Dr Benedict Olalusi, lecturer at the University of KZN’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Africa’s top Young Concrete Researcher for 2021. The new award, made at CCSA’s recent Young Concrete Researchers, Engineers and Technologists’ YCRETS 2021 online symposium, recognises young researchers who are making a significant...

14 Jun 2021

Winners of 2019 & 2020 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards announced

By Staff Writer

The winners of the 2019 & 2020 Corobrik Student Architecture Awards were announced at a first-ever hybrid event hosted by the company in Johannesburg on Thursday 10 June. The 2019 awards ceremony had to be postponed due to Covid-19, but Corobrik adapted and instead decided to host the 2019 and 2020 awards ceremonies together in...

14 Jun 2021

AfriSam-SAIA Sustainable Design Award announces 13 awarded projects

By Staff Writer

Awarded and commended projects of the sixth AfriSam-SAIA Sustainable Design Award were announced at a virtual awards ceremony, which recognised some of Africa’s leading lights in the sustainable African architectural and design innovation space. Notably, the award advocates for design projects that are responsive to the social complexities, growth requirements and the needs of marginalised...

08 Jun 2021

New student architecture awards website now LIVE

By Staff Writer

We’re excited to share with you the launch of our Corobrik Student Architecture Awards website –https://www.studentawards.corobrik.co.za/ – Watch the competition history video – View the 2019 & 2020 finalists & their projects – Meet our 2019 & 2020 judges – View our past winners – Register for the LIVE winner announcements PLUS vote for your...

23 Apr 2021

34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards Regional Winner: University of KwaZulu-Natal

By Staff Writer

Looking at how architecture can contribute to existing learning environments by integrating community influence within rural primary schools resulted in Neeshailin Naicker being declared the regional winner from the University of KwaZulu-Natal as part of the 34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards. In exploring how to promote quality education in rural communities by...

07 Apr 2021

The 2019/2020 AfriSam-SAIA Award through a photographer’s lens

By Staff Writer

The standard of entries in the AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture + Innovation is always impressive, and 2019/2020 was no different. The only challenge was COVID-19 and lockdown, which resulted in the adjudication process being delayed by four months, and presented other obstacles. To do justice to the project entries, the Afrisam-SAIA judging panel had...