Jo Noero is a South African architect. Noero is an International Fellow of The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and an Honorary Fellow of the

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(AIA).

Professional

Noero has completed over 200 buildings and is known for The Red Location Precinct in New Brighton, a township in

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. The Red Location Gallery was named the Best Building In the World at the 2013 Icon Awards in London, while The Red Location Museum won the Lubetkin Prize in 2006 for the Most Outstanding Building Outside the EU, as well as The Dedallo Minosse President's Award, The RIBA International Award, and a World Leadership Award for Public Architecture. Noero’s architecture has been exhibited at

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(MoMA) in New York, the MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome, and the Museum of Architecture in Munich, as well as at Biennales in Venice, São Paulo, Singapore, Chicago and Istanbul. Locally, the South African Institute of Architects awarded Noero the Gold Medal for Architecture in 2010, as well as three awards of Excellence, 15 Awards of Merit and 14 Project Awards. He is also one of three architects to have exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Cape Town. Noero made his name internationally during

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, working for NGOs,

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and the Anglican Church on schools, community centres, churches and homes in the townships, most notably in

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. With the coming of democracy, the scope of Noero’s work broadened to include offices, public buildings, schools and the homes of some of South Africa’s leading struggle heroes, business leaders and arts personalities.

Academic

Noero was appointed a lecturer in the School Of Architecture at

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in 1982. In 1995 he was appointed the Ruth and Norman Professor of Architecture and Director of Graduate Studies at the

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. Noero was appointed Director of the School of Architecture and Planning at the

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(UCT) from 2000-2005. He held the position of Professor of Architecture at UCT from 2000- 2014 and became Emeritus Professor in 2015. Noero has lectured in many countries around the world and his work has been extensively published in both journals and books internationally. Noero was awarded the Alexander Petrie Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Arts and Culture by the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal in 1998, the Prize for Outstanding Creative Work by UCT in 2012, and an Honorary Doctorate of Science by the

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in UK in 1995.

Personal

Noero is married to Joy Sapieka Noero and has three children, Sophie, Francesca and Benedict, and a step-daughter Maya. Noero lives in Hout Bay Heights, Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Noero, Jo South African architects Living people Academic staff of the University of Cape Town Year of birth missing (living people) Washington University in St. Louis faculty Academic staff of the University of the Witwatersrand