Competitions Archives

PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative welcomes new judge to 2021 panel

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

12 Mar 2021

34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards Regional Winner: University of Pretoria

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Burial spaces within the City of Pretoria have become inert, fenced-off islands – restricting death rituals and their intrinsic value to society, according to Liam Ullrich from the University of Pretoria. A final-year thesis entitled ‘Life in Death: Addressing Heterotopic Burial Spaces by Reintroducing Burial Rituals into the Inner City of Pretoria’ saw Liam declared...

04 Mar 2021

Occupational Health and Safety competition returns in 2021

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Assisting the construction industry’s occupational health and safety compliance during COVID-19 Given the hazards intrinsic to the on-site construction industry, ensuring companies comply with Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements is crucial to reducing the chances of injuries and saving lives. “Since the onset of COVID-19, OHS regulations have evolved to include new measures to...

25 Feb 2021

34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards Regional Winner: UCT Landscape Architecture

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Landscape architecture is a way of continuously negotiating between a wide range of practices, involving people, materials and timelines, according to Hayden Malan, declared the winner of the Most Innovative Final-Year Landscape Architecture Award on Friday 5 February. The event was part of the 34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards and saw Hayden...

12 Feb 2021

Electrocomponents partners with Engineers Without Borders International to put global responsibility high on the engineering agenda

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Electrocomponents backs the Engineering for People Design Challenge, boosting efforts to ensure young engineers prioritise sustainable and equitable design Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), a global omni-channel solutions partner for industrial customers and suppliers, has signed a one-year partnership agreement with Engineers Without Borders International, the leading movement that puts global responsibility at the heart of...

08 Feb 2021

34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards Regional Winner: University of the Free State

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A project exploring the themes of time, cycle and ritual embodied within the Hindu religion in order to influence the creation of a contemporary cremation infrastructure was declared the regional winner from the University of the Free State as part of the 34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards. The event was held at...