After the ‘Holcim Acknowledgement Prize for Sustainable Construction for the Africa / Middle East zone in 2008’, the South African firm ‘Peter Rich architects’ has been announced winner in the category of culture (completed buildings) of the 2009 World Architecture Festival in Barcelona.
After the ‘Holcim Acknowledgement Prize for Sustainable Construction for the Africa / Middle East zone in 2008’, the South African firm ‘Peter Rich architects’ has been announced winner in the category of culture (completed buildings) of the 2009 World Architecture Festival in Barcelona
Apart from the excellent design skills from Peter Rich, we see this as an indication, that work from African architects is getting more and more attention and that architectural issues from Africa are no longer excluded from the global architectural debate.
Peter Rich won the price for his ‘Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre’ situated in the Mapungubwe national park in South Africa. It is located at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers and found it’s inspiration for the design and materials of construction in the surrounding landscape.
According to the World Architecture Award’s jury the reason for which Peter Riches ‘Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre’ won the price, lies in the way it relates to the land and makes graceful virtues out of the challenging issues of sustainability, politics and social improvement.
For further information we invite you to have a look at:
- an in-depth article about the Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre on
www.designboom.com
- more of Peter’s work on www.peterricharchitects.co.za
- more information on World Architecture Festival on
www.worldarchitecturefestival.com
