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  • Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi awarded the 2018 Pritzker Prize
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Doshi believes the award will draw attention to the capacity for architecture to trigger social upliftment. >
    9 Mar 18
  • Woman Architect of the Year 2016.
    Six candidates for the Woman Architect of the Year, focussing on human-centred design
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    The candidates for Women Architect of the Year have been unveiled and we’ve highlighted six who use architecture to solve the housing crisis and women’s needs. >
    23 Feb 16
  • Aerated mortar being poured into the Moladi formwork.
    Pour a house
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / African Design
    Moladi, a South African company, specialises in a reusable plastic formwork for use in construction of affordable housing and low cost housing projects. >
    5 May 14
  • Xiaodu Liu at WDCD 2011
    Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors
    Xiaodu Liu believes that architecture is more than art and that it should do something good for society. >
    17 Jun 11
  • SA "tjunes" the world about change
    Digital News > Design Thinking
    Guest of ExperimentaDesign Lisbon, Design Indaba will be presenting a unique view of SA's creativity from 9 September to 8 November. >
    9 Sep 09
  • 10x10 Low Cost Housing Project
    10x10 Low Cost Housing Project
    Design Indaba 10x10 Low-Cost Housing offers affordable, attractive and innovative responses to the urgent need to house the urban poor. >
    11 Feb 09
  • $100 000 prize for Design Indaba 10x10
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking
    MMA Architects won the Curry Stone Design Prize for their ingenious solution to the Design Indaba 10x10 low-cost housing challenge. >
    1 Nov 08
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