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CPD

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

To view the full SAIA portfolio of validated Category One CPD activities, with activity provider contact and schedule information (where available) click here

CCN LAUNCH

CCN

After several years of research, planning and preparation, CCN released the beta version of the CCN Construction Web Search service in November 2008. The live version of this much anticipated web search tool, optimized to search construction websites in South Africa thereby giving you relevant search results at the click of a mouse, has now been released as part of version 1 of the CCN Portal.

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NEWS

XXV UIA WORLD CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTURE DURBAN 2014

IT’S OFFICIAL!!!! Durban will host the XXV UIA Congress in 2014. This was announced during the XXIII UIA Congress in Turin on 6 July 2008.

Durban beat Singapore by a narrow margin, making it the first African city to host the conference since Egypt more than 30 years ago. Durban will also host the International Coastal Engineering Conference midyear 2012. Durban 2014, here we come!

For more info log on to www.uia2014durban.org.za

Since 1948, the UIA has organised World Congresses every three years in which, with an audience of professionals, students, representatives of the institutional, political and entrepreneurial world, topics related to the discipline and current issues are discussed. The XXIV Congress will take place in Tokyo (Japan) during 2011, and the XXV Congress will be in Durban (South Africa) 2014.

The presentation took place in Turin on Sunday 6 July 2008 and the SAIA bid was successful and will host the theme MultiPliCity to the world in Durban.

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2008 SAIA BIENNIAL CONVENTION

The 2008 SAIA Biennial Convention will take place towards the end of 2008.

For more info log on to http://www.saiaconvention2008.org.za

AWARDS

PRESIDENT OPENS COROBRIK SAIA AWARDS OF MERIT EXHIBITION

On 22 April 2008 SAIA President Hassan Asmal opened a Merit Awards Exhibition arranged by Wits University at the Fassler Gallery and had the following to say which went out to the profession at large.

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MARINDA SMALBERGER WINS THE COROBRIK ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT AWARD
Marinda Smalberger of the University of the Pretoria has won the prestigious Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Award for 2007. Her entry is Entitled “Portal to Pretoria, Establishing a Northern Gateway for the City.” Seven finalists from Universities throughout South Africa competed for this award at a function held at the ArchAfrica 2008 in Durban on Friday 15 February 2008.

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COROBRIK SAIA AWARDS OF MERIT
Twenty two projects received the Corobrik SAIA Awards of Merit at a gala dinner which formed part of ArchAfrica 2008 and took place at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban on Saturday 16 February 2008.

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Architectural Awards Press Release

ARCHAFRICA 2008
ArchAfrica 2008 took place at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban South Africa and was hosted by the South African Institute of Architects (SAIA) to much success and aplomb.

ArchAfrica 2008 saw the coming together of nearly 300 delegates from three separate architectural events into one gathering of leaders of architects. They were the Africa Union of Architects (AUA) Council meeting, the International Union of Architects (UIA) Council meeting and the South African Institute of Architects (SAIA) Board and Committee meetings.


SAIA PRESIDENTS AWARD
Please note that the deadline for the SAIA PRESIDENTS AWARD has been closed.  This new award was introduced for the first time this year for projects of a special nature completed between 1995 and 2004. The award was open to all persons who practice architecture in South Africa.  Eleven entries were received and the adjudication will take place over the next few months.  The President has expressed his satisfaction at the level of interest and would like to thank the members of the profession for the interest that was shown.

COMPETITIONS

SARAH BARTMANN COMPETITION

The competition for the design of the Sarah Bartmann Centre of Remembrance forms part of the Sarah Bartmann Project which was initiated by the Department of Arts and Culture to ensure the return of Sarah Bartmann’s remains to the land of her birth.

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