University of Pretoria Archives

01 Feb 2023

Rejuvenation of natural stone and terrazzo flooring

By Staff Writer

Union Tiles has an experienced team that will restore on-site natural sandstone or slate and terrazzo flooring.

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.

22 Jun 2021

UP’s Engineering 4.0 building awarded for innovative excellence by the SA Property Owners Association

By Staff Writer

The University of Pretoria’s state-of-the-art Engineering 4.0 building in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, which was launched on the Innovation Africa@UP Campus in Hillcrest on 30 November 2020, has been recognised for its innovative excellence by the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) in its property development awards for 2020. These...

08 Mar 2021

34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards Regional Winner

By Staff Writer

Billed as one of the most prestigious awards programmes of its kind in South Africa, the Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards selects regional winners from eight major universities, based on the students’ final theses.Corobrik has long played a pivotal role in recognising up-and-coming young architects in South Africa. The Covid-19 pandemic has meant that most regional...

03 Dec 2020

Knauf Insulation creates sound solution for UP

By Staff Writer

When the foyer to the Medical Campus at the University of Pretoria was refurbished, an acoustic solution was needed to dampen reverberation and prevent sound from disturbing students in the adjacent library and lecture theatres. With this in mind, the architect 81_Mass had specified a ceiling build-up comprising acoustic insulation from Knauf Insulation and acoustic...

12 Aug 2020

World-renowned sensory consumer scientist appointed extraordinary professor at UP

By Staff Writer

Prominent sensory-consumer scientist Professor Hely Tuorila, professor emeritus at the University of Helsinki in Finland, has been appointed an extraordinary professor in the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Consumer and Food Sciences. The widely published academic is an expert in sensory-consumer research of foods. Her research interests include consumer response to unfamiliar and nutritionally...

03 Jun 2019

Green Building In South Africa: Guide To Costs & Trends

By Staff Writer

The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS), and the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology recently launched the 2019 edition of Green Building in South Africa: Guide to Costs & Trends. It is the second publication following the 1st edition that was issued...

22 Feb 2019

Corobrik Architectural Student Of The Year Award Finalists

By Staff Writer

Dirk Meyer, Corobrik’s Managing Director commented on the excellent standard of entries for this year’s awards: “Finalists have incorporated sustainable architecture with innovation, technology and creative building design in their entries for this year’s event to be held on the 7th May in Johannesburg.”

16 May 2018

Thorsten Deckler Speaks At The 31st Corobrik Architectural Awards.

By Staff Writer

Thorsten Deckler, co-founder of Johannesburg-based 26’10 South Architects, was the keynote speaker at the recent 31st Corobrik Architectural Awards. Deckler, who worked for Rem Koolhaas in the Netherlands and for Peter Rich Architects in Johannesburg before starting his own practice, Anne Graupner, is known for engaging in a range of projects in townships, the inner...

02 May 2018

Debating Memory And Meaning At Aza18

By Staff Writer

Speaking to the AZA18 theme, ‘WeTheCity: Memory & Resilience’, some of architecture’s key thinkers and practitioners will engage around the often contentious topics of Heritage and Memory.

29 Jan 2018

#AZA18: WeTheCity

By Staff Writer

This year, the Architecture ZA festival (#AZA18) is inviting all those engaged with the built environment to be part of a call for participatory action around how we shape our cities collectively.

28 Jul 2017

Culinary Equips New University Of Pretoria Foods Laboratories

By Staff Writer

The new Food Laboratories at the University of Pretoria’s Department of Consumer Science, commissioned in April 2017, are the culmination of an ambitious vision to renovate three training kitchens and food science labs in one of the campuses’ historical monument buildings. Culinary Equipment Company, specialist kitchen project design company partnered with leadership at the university...