Soraya RAKIEP

Soraya RAKIEP

Petition to Protect and Preserve Municipal Records at the Metro Centre, Johannesburg   🚨 *URGENT: Save Johannesburg’s Municipal Records!* Heather Trumble, a former CoJ Assistant Director in Building Control has prepared this petition to save Joburg’s vital municipal records. The condemned Metro Centre houses CRITICAL documents: 📋 Building plans🏙️ Town planning records⚖️ Legal archives📚 Law library documents With 3,000 staff …

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Clarifying an important point: signing up to the NowNow Design mailing list is not the same as registering for the competition. If you haven’t completed the official registration form yet for the Beyond the Classroom design competition, please make sure to do so here: 👉 Register HerePlease take note of the instructions at the top of the …

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Course overviewIntroduction to Spatial Design is an intensive course held over five days and provides an experiential snapshot of the design studio and spatial design thinking required for built environment disciplines such as landscape architecture and urban design. Zoodada introduces abstraction as a design tool, employing various modes as filters or ‘design machines’ to learn …

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JBCC PBA ED 6.2 – Including DPWI STATE CLAUSES1 CPD POINT – CATEGORY 1ONLINE WORKSHOP What you can expect:* Structure of the JBCC PBA ed 6.2 and how to apply the relevant clauses of the PBA within the context of a project as a whole.* New and updated “State Provisions” prepared by the DPWI for …

JBCC PBA ED 6.2 WORKSHOP – 23 July 2025 Read More »

CPD Presentation: Flat Roof Solutions – 19 June 2025Click to RSVPThis CPD Presentations has been validated by the SAID

Special General Meeting for all Professional Architect members As you are aware from the recent newsflash that the Cape Institute for Architecture [CIfA] has been invited by the South African Institute of Architects [SAIA] to rejoin after extensive negotiations and reform at SAIA. We therefore give notice of a Special General Meeting for all Cape Institute …

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CIfA is proud to host a special evening event to launch a new joint initiative advocating for the use of facilitative mediation as a powerful tool for dispute resolution in the construction industry.The evening will open with a CPD Validated lecture by Ryan von Ruben titled “Facilitative Mediation for Architects”. The talk will offer practical …

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Dear CIfA Member & Members of the SAIA Regional Institutes  The Cape Institute for Architecture (CIfA) invites you to submit projects for the 2025 CIfA Award for Architecture. Projects that fall in an area under jurisdiction of the Cape Institute for Architecture, and were completed during the period 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024, are eligible for …

CALL FOR ENTRIES – CIfA Award for Architecture 2025 Read More »

Dear CIfA Member We would like to extend the family’s warmest thanks to all those at the Cape Institute for Architecture, to all those who made contributions, offered tributes and attended the memorial held. We would also like to thank all the architectural colleagues and friends for their support and care. It is deeply valued and …

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Captured in time Basotho women’s mural art Photographs by Alex Robertson You’re invited to the opening of a photographic exhibition featuring painted houses built by SeSotho-speaking farm workers in the Eastern Free State during the 1970s. It is women who decorate the walls of their homes – an art known as litema – a word …

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  It is with profound sadness that we at the Cape Institute for Architecture share the passing of Julian Cooke [Professional Architect]. He passed away on Monday 24 February 2025. A private memorial service will be held by his family and close friends on Friday 14th March 2025. The Cape Institute for Architecture will be hosting …

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The application period for the Practical Professional Examination (PPE) is now open, and candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible!Access the SACAP approved syllabus and study material HEREÂ