Innovation and an appreciation of South Africa’s cultural diversity stand out in 29th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year regional awards, set to take place on the 11 May 2016 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Johannesburg.

The competition involves the country’s eight major universities where the best architectural students are identified based on their final theses and presented with awards at regional events.

The winners of each of the regional competitions then go on to compete for the national title at the 29^th Corobrik Student Architect of the Year Awards in Johannesburg

Competing for the accolade are:

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth: Leon van der Westhuizen.

Thesis title ‘RE-generating the Boet Erasmus Stadium in Port Elizabeth.’

Tshwane University of Technology:  Ulrich Pieterse

Thesis Title:  The design of an institute for the documentation of fossil heritage in Nieu Bethesda, Karoo

University of Cape Town: Matthew Mills.

Thesis title: Transurbance:  a walk about the river.

University of Johannesburg: Jaco Jonker

The Plug-In Plantation –  Reforestation and industrialization of the Nasrec precinct through the implementation of a new timber mill industry.

University of KwaZulu-Natal: Najeeba Hassim

Thesis title: ‘Defining an architectural typology: Inner City Green Centres within South Africa.’

University of Pretoria: Gillian van der Klashorst.

Thesis title: Urban Observatory – Re-introducing Observation and Measurement to reveal the invisible city.

University of the Free State: Nilene van Niekerk

Thesis title: ‘Freedom of Expression Forum’.

University of Witwatersrand: Vedhant Maharaj

Thesis title:  YANTRA.  Infrastructures of the Sacred and Profane