The Durban colonial house and the Original Drawings Collections of UKZN

SAIA-KZN News

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Keywords: 2020 Corobrik KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) region Student of the Year, Neeshailin Naiker, architecture of learning spaces, rural primary school, Mvumase, Adrian Govender, Neshay Sirbadhoo, Kirsten Harrington, 2020 Peter Louis Heritage Award, Peter Louis, SAIA-KZN Architectural Heritage Committee, Dr Michele Jacobs, Barrie Biermann Architecture Library, UKZN, 'From Paper to Pixels: Reflections on 42 years in the library profession', Maggie Louis, DUT Architecture Learning Site, post-graduate degree, Bachelor of the Built Environment Honours in Architecture, In Memoriam, Bernard Rodney Whitehead, David James Rushton, Helmut Jahn

The Durban Colonial House and the Original Drawings Collections of UKZN

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Author(s) Michele Jacobs

Keywords: Original Drawings Collection (ODC), Technical Reference Library (TRL), Architectural Discipline of the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban's colonial domestic architecture, Dr Michele Jacobs, 2020 Peter Louis Heritage Award, analysis, Original Drawing Collection of the School of Architecture, 'City Engineer's Department', microfiche system, Prof. Brain Kearney, Street Wilson Collection, Barrie Biermann Architecture Library, 'Bundu style', Natal Institute for Architects, Durban's colonial built environment, architectural drawings, ethnographic material culture, artefact, visual material culture, socio-cultural, social structure, cultural realm, meme, Durban colonial house, Natal veranda house, 'Natal back', typologies, colonial lifestyle, outbuildings, gabled veranda, Picturesque, verandas, roof forms, conservation, 'virtuoso', British-originated colonial domestic architecture, linen and paper originals, digital storage

Ndumo: Seeking African Roots

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Architect(s): Rodney Harber & Associates

Author(s) Rodney Harber

Location(s) Ndumo

Keywords: Ndumo, Makatini Flats, near Mozambique, Rodney Harbour & Associates, Inkululeko Development Project, Mandla Mthethwa School of Excellence, slope analysis, 'critical regionalism', 'Ngqukwane' (Zulu beehive hut), 'izintingu' (laths), 'ubuntu' (meaning ' I am, because you are'), indigenous raffia palm leaves, Kosi palms

Scottburgh: Vulamehlo Public Library

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Architect(s): TJ Architects South Coast (Pty)

Author(s) Renée van Rensburg

Location(s) Scottburgh

Keywords: Vulamehlo, rural area, Scottburgh, South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts & Culture, Independent Development Trust, positioned, linear axis, wheelchair ramp, steel braced trusses, low maintenance materials, mosaic panels, local vegetation, 'Umtapo Wolwazi', 'Foundation or source of Knowledge'

Hluhluwe: Sandbag Construction

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Architect(s): TJ Architects International (Greg Hendricks, Suzan Meyer)

Author(s) Greg Hendricks

Location(s) Hluluwe

Keywords: Bush Baby Camping Lodge, Hluhluwe, northern KZN, energy-efficient house, open plan, waterhole, lookout viewing deck, mezzanine level, veranda, 'an animal viewing hide', minimizing solar gain, scissor truss, natural ventilation principles, 'hybrid' sandbag construction, low carbon footprint, rainwater, grey water, recycling

Book Review: Kalley, J (Ed) Farmhouses of Old Natal, Published by Otterley Press, Pietermaritzburg, 2017

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Author(s) Walter Peters

Keywords: farmhouses, Old Natal, British Colony of Natal, Dr Jacqueline Kalley, Dick King, Volksraad, Queen's authority, Boers or Voortrekkers, emigration scheme of J. C. Byrne & Co., culture, quitrent, Wattle and daub, bricks, sun-dried or fired, stone quarried, Yellowwood, vernacular farmhouses, mid-lands, Hugh Bland, George Sutton, Holme Lacy, Hilton, Baynes House, Lions River Heritage Society, Otterley Press