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Join us in conversation with António Tomás as he presents his upcoming book 'In the skin of the city: Luanda or the dialectics of spatial transformation'. RSVP to tours@oharchitecture.com limited numbers apply TIME 18H00 - 19h00 MEET Wolff Architects  136 Buitengracht Street Bo Kaap Cape Town ABOUT António Tomás António Tomás received his doctoral degree in Anthropology from Columbia University, in New York. He is the author of a study on the African nationalist Amílcar Cabral titled O Fazedor de Utopias: Uma Biografia de Amílcar (The Maker of Utopias: A Biography of Amilcar Cabral (Lisbon [Portugal]; Praia [Cape Verde], Tinta da China; Spleen, 2007; 2008). He was the Ray Pahl Fellow at the African Centre for Cities, in 2014, at University of Cape Town, working on a book called In the skin of the city: Luanda, or the dialectics of spatial transformation. He has taught as a permanent staff member and visiting scholar in a number of academic institutions such as Makerere ...

We hosted, conceptualised and published the catalogue to a group photographic exhibition called Real City. We collaborated with photographer Barry Christianson  who founded therealcityofcapetown instagram feed.  The # therealcityofcapetown group consists of a growing group of embedded and engaged photographers and for the exhibition we displayed the work of Lidudumalingani Mqombothi, Iqraa Daniel, Barry Christianson, Lindsey Appolis, Leanne Brady, Ashraf Hendricks, Musaed Abrahams and Zayaan Jappie.  An image of Ocean View taken by the late Peter Clarke formed part of the exhibition as a starting point for the conversation around the plurality of  imaginaries, public practices and lived experience in and of Cape Town.  Photo by Masixole Feni Photo by Masixole Feni Photo by Masixole Feni Photo by Masixole Feni

Pumflet - art, architecture and stuff is serial publication co-founded with artist Kemang Wa Lehulere. The publication seeks to connect architectural spaces with cultural and social practices of the imagination. “Daar gaan die Alabama’ was the first iteration of the project. The project was conceptualised as a public intervention around the history and demolition in 1984 of an old city cinema. We discovered that the film was interrupted in order for bulldozers to proceed with demolition. The intervention included: the re-screening of the interrupted film on the pavement where the old cinema once stood; the display of newspaper clippings in the corner shop that now occupies the site; and the publication of Pumflet, a set of letter exchanges dwelling on the events surrounding the demolition.    Photo by Lindsey Appolis Photo by Barry Christianson Photo by Barry Christianson Photo by Barry Christianson

oh.a collaborates with Studio X Johannesburg to invite you to the launch of DARK SPACE: Architecture, Representation, Black Identity, a collection of critical essays  by  Professor Mario Gooden. RSVP to  studio@oharchitecture.com limited numbers apply   TIME  18H00-19H30     MEET 136 Buitengracht Street Cape Town   ABOUT MARIO GOODEN Mario Gooden is principal of Huff + Gooden Architects and a Professor of Practice at the Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) of Columbia University where he is also the co-Director of the Global Africa Lab (GAL). He is a 2012 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and a MacDowell Colony Fellow. His firm’s work has been featured in journals and publications including Architecture Magazine, Architectural Record Magazine, Metropolis, The New York Times, Architecture & Urbanism (A+U) and ARTFORUM International Magazine. Huff + Gooden Architects work has been exhibited at the Internati...

Customs House was designed by architects of the National Department of Public Works in Pretoria in the late 1960 ’ s and was built on the sea side of the highway. Its development was in violation of the intentions of the Cape Town Foreshore plan which intended to have no tall buildings built beyond the highway.   The material use and façade modulation shows affinity to the expression of the stark bureaucratic character of the building. The domed hall with its glass facades, wooden panelling, mosaics and artwork inside is a rare space in Cape Town. Join OHA for a lunch time tour of Customs House. Poster image by David Southwood Click below for: "Modernism under siege" by Heinrich Wolff, Art SA TIME 12:30 – 13:30 FEE R55 Students free (booking essential) CPD The event carries 0.3 Category one CPD points Please send your SACAP no. with your proof of payment. BOOKINGS By payment to: Open House Architecture cc Nebank Acc No:   123 21 35380 Branch code:   ...

by David Southwood by David Southwood by Heinrich Wolff by Heinrich Wolff by Heinrich Wolff by Heinrich Wolff

OH Architecture in collaboration with Docomomo SA, presents OH_Thursdays: Hans Niehaus Gallery. Docomomo_SA is the South African chapter of Docomomo International, an international working party for the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement. Their interest lies in the exploration of the contribution of the modern movement to the South African cultural landscape. In colonial contexts and specifically in South Africa, the emergence of the Modern Movement coincided with regimes of power and architects were challenged to design for racially designated publics. Docomomo_SA the documentation of Modern Architecture within this context.  The Hans Niehaus Gallery and antique shop was designed by the late architect Norbert Rozendal in collaboration with owner, Hans Niehaus. The mixture of curvilinear and rectangular geometries, brick, timber, glass and concrete makes it a wonderfully curious moment in the context of the bland suburban s...

This piece by Robert Silke , about the Niehaus Gallery and its architect, Norbert Rozendal, is superbly written and accompanied by evocative photographs by Gaelen Pinnock . Robert has agreed to give a brief discussion on the building at the OHThursday on the 29th Jan 2015. 

Please join us in conversation with Jo Noero who will walk us through this special set of buildings . To book email tours@oharchitecture.com. 17:30 – 19:00 FEE R50 Students free CPD The event carries 0.3 Category one CPD points Please send your SACAP no. with your proof of payment. BOOKINGS By payment to: Open House Architecture cc Nebank Acc No:    123 21 35380 Branch code:     123 209 Ref: your name + 2108 Email proof of payment to tours@oharchitecture.com Bookings essential Spaces are limited Transport not provided MEET 2387 Gorge Rd, Oranjezicht GPS LAT:          -33.941046 S LONG:      18.418000‎ E

Rather late than never: pictures of the Open House Thursdays series from March - May 2014.   Photo credits: Heinrich Wolff