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Arch For Arch
The Arch for Arch is an architectural structure and monument located in Cape Town, South Africa, created to commemorate the life and work of Desmond Tutu. Commissioned by Design Indaba and sponsored by Liberty, its name is a play on Tutu's widely used nickname, "The Arch". A smaller version of the monument is located in Johannesburg, South Africa at Constitution Hill. Background In 2016, Design Indaba CEO, Ravi Naidoo, was approached by Cape Town mayor, Patricia De Lille, with the task of creatively honoring the former Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Through discussions with sponsor, Liberty, and input from Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta and Johannesburg-based urban design firm, Local Studio, the Arch for Arch was conceptualized. The wooden monument was envisioned as a public celebration of Tutu's legacy and impact on the people of South Africa. Architecture and location The Arch is a tribute to the values of the South African Constitution along with it being a tribute to Tut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest city by population, after Johannesburg, and the largest city in the Western Cape. The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality. The city is known for Port of Cape Town, its harbour, its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, and for landmarks such as Table Mountain and Cape Point. In 2014, Cape Town was named the best place in the world to visit by ''The New York Times'', and was similarly ranked number one by ''The Daily Telegraph'' in both 2016 and 2023. Located on the shore of Table Bay, the City Bowl area of Cape Town, which contains its Cape Town CBD, central business district (CBD), is History of Cape Town, the oldest urban area in the Western Cape, with a signi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Dykers
Craig Edward Dykers is an American architect and co-founder of the architecture firm, Snøhetta. History Craig Dykers was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1961. In 1985 he graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Projects As one of the Founding Partners of Snøhetta, Dykers has led many of Snøhetta’s prominent projects internationally, including the Alexandria Library in Egypt, the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway, the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York City, and the recently completed Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dykers is currently leading the design of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Expansion in San Francisco, the new Times Square Reconstruction in New York City, both of which are currently under construction, as well as the Calgary Public Library, in Alberta, Canada. Craig Dykers also designed Arch for Arch, a monument to De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamphela Ramphele
Mamphela Aletta Ramphele (; born 28 December 1947) is a South African politician, anti-apartheid activist, medical doctor and businesswoman. She was a partner of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, with whom she had two children. She is a former vice-chancellor at the University of Cape Town and a former managing director at the World Bank.Mamphela Ramphele to the rescue? ''Daily Maverick'' Ramphele founded the political party Agang South Africa in February 2013 but withdrew from politics in July 2014. Since 2018, she has been the co-president of the Club of Rome. Early lif ...
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Cheryl Carolus
Cheryl Carolus (born 27 May 1958) is a South African politician. She was born in Silvertown, on the Cape Flats, Cape Town. Carolus became involved in politics while still at school and became an activist after joining the United Democratic Front in 1983. In May 1990, Carolus was elected to be part of the African National Congress' delegation which held talks with the apartheid government and in July 1991, she was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee. She was married to Graeme Bloch, who died in 2021. In 1998, she became South Africa's High Commissioner in London, until 2001. Between 2001 and 2004, she was the chief executive officer of South African Tourism. She was the Board Chairperson for South African National Parks (SANPARKS), and in 2009, she assumed this position at South African Airways. She is also chairperson of Peotona Holdings, an investment company that deals with business development. Carolus is a member of the Executive Committee of the Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albie Sachs
Albert "Albie" Louis Sachs (born 30 January 1935) is a South African lawyer, activist, writer, and former judge appointed to the first Constitutional Court of South Africa by Nelson Mandela. Early life and education Albie Sachs was born in Johannesburg at the Florence Nightingale Hospital to Emile Solomon "Solly" Sachs, General Secretary to the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa, and Rachel "Ray" (née Ginsberg) Sachs (later Edwards). Both his mother and father fled to South Africa as children with parents who were escaping persecution against Jews in Lithuania. Sachs shared that at the time they left, the antisemitism had become so violent that "Every Easter, the Cossacks would ride into the villages and say, 'The Jews killed Christ, we're going to kill the Jews.' And my grandparents and others were fleeing into the forests and basements of buildings... so they wanted to escape." Both of his parents were politically active and his father expressed the desire that Sachs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Company's Garden
The Company's Garden is a large public park situated in Cape Town CBD - the main commercial district of Cape Town. It is the oldest garden in South Africa, and a national heritage site. The garden was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce to replenish ships rounding the Cape. It is watered from the Molteno Dam, which uses water from the springs on the lower slopes of Table Mountain. History The Dutch East India Company established the garden in Cape Town for the purpose of providing fresh vegetables to the settlement as well as passing ships. Master gardener and free burgher Hendrik Boom prepared the first ground for sowing of seed on 29 April 1652. The settlers sowed different kinds of seeds and kept record thereof each day. Through trial and error they managed to compile a calendar which they used for the sowing and harvesting throughout the year. At first they grew salad herbs, peas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slave Lodge, Cape Town
The Slave Lodge is one of the oldest buildings in Cape Town, South Africa, with a history spanning more than three centuries. The building has served various purposes over the years, transitioning from its original role as a slave lodge to housing government offices, the Old Supreme Court, and eventually becoming the South African Cultural History Museum. Today, it is part of the Iziko Museums of South Africa. History Slave Lodge (1679 – 1811) The Slave Lodge was built in 1679 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to house enslaved people brought to the Cape Colony to work for the company. The structure initially accommodated up to 500 enslaved individuals, who lived in overcrowded conditions. The lodge was designed as a secure and enclosed building. The enslaved individuals housed in the lodge came from regions including East Africa, Madagascar, India, and Southeast Asia. They worked in agriculture, construction, and domestic service. In 1795, the British captured the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houses Of Parliament, Cape Town
The Houses of Parliament in Cape Town serve as the seat of Parliament of South Africa, South Africa's national legislature. As the country's legislative Capital city, capital, Cape Town hosts this historically significant complex consisting of three main sections: the original 1884 building housing the National Council of Provinces (originally the Senate of South Africa, Senate), the 1920s extension containing committee rooms and offices, and the 1980s expansion accommodating the National Assembly of South Africa, National Assembly. The building has been designated a National Heritage Site by the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA), receiving Grade 1 heritage status, the highest level of recognition. The complex suffered severe damage in a devastating 2022 Parliament of South Africa fire, fire on 2 January 2022, with restoration efforts ongoing as of 2024. History Early meeting places The establishment of a parliament in the Cape Colony was approved by Queen Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adderley Street
Adderley Street is a street in the Cape Town CBD, central business district (CBD) of Cape Town, South Africa. It is considered the main street of the area. The street bisects the CBD. It runs from the Parliament of South Africa at the north, past numerous office buildings and hotels, and becomes Heerengraght Street (the old main street of the CBD) at the south end, passing the Cape Town International Convention Centre, traveling under the N1 (South Africa), N1 freeway, and terminating at the Port of Cape Town. History The street was originally named ''Heerengracht'', after the canal (''"gracht"'') which ran down its centre, and which had its origins in the rivers from Table Mountain. At the time the street was more of a wide walkway beside the canal, which was crossed by various stone bridges. The network of canals were covered over, throughout Cape Town, in the 1860s. The Heerengracht river and canal therefore became an underground pipe-line. For many years the street was resi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Design
Urban design is an approach to the design of buildings and the spaces between them that focuses on specific design processes and outcomes based on geographical location. In addition to designing and shaping the physical features of towns, city, cities, and regional spaces, urban design considers 'bigger picture' issues of economic, social and environmental value and social design. The scope of a project can range from a local street or public space to an entire city and surrounding areas. Urban designers connect the fields of architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning to better organize local and community environments' dependent upon geographical location. Some important focuses of urban design on this page include its historical impact, paradigm shifts, its interdisciplinary nature, and issues related to urban design. Theory Urban design deals with the larger scale of groups of buildings, infrastructure, streets, and public spaces, entire neighbourhoods and distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of , the country has Demographics of South Africa, a population of over 64 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament of South Africa, Parliament, is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is regarded as the judicial capital. The largest, most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and Durban. Cradle of Humankind, Archaeological findings suggest that various hominid species existed in South Africa about 2.5 million years ago, and modern humans inhabited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snøhetta (company)
Snøhetta () is a Norwegian architectural firm headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Background The company was formed in 1987 by Norwegian, Kjetil Thorsen, and a group of young architects. They named it Snøhetta after the tallest mountain in the Dovrefjell National Park. In 1989 they joined forces with New York architect, Craig Dykers, to enter the competition to design a replacement for the Library of Alexandria (the winning design for Bibliotheca Alexandrina wasn't completed until 2001). Awards Snøhetta has received the World Architecture Award for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Oslo Opera House, and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Since its completion in 2008, the Oslo Opera House has also been awarded the Mies van der Rohe Award, the EDRA (Environmental Design Research Association) Great Places Award, the European Prize for Urban Public Space, In 2010, through Kjetil Trædal Thorsen’s lead, Snøhetta’s works’ coherence with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
