Browsing Acta Structilia by Issue Date
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The art of the brick: reviewed
(University of the Free State, 2004)English: To celebrate Australia’s strong tradition of brick architecture, as well as the largely unsung art of bricklaying, Australian architect and curator, Derham Groves, organized two complementary public exhibitions ... -
Collaborations: the architecture of Ahrends, Burton and Koralek (ABK) edited by Kenneth Powell
(University of the Free State, 2004)English: This article on one of the enduring British partnerships is not a vanity publication that we are accustomed to in our profession. Edited by Kenneth Powell, it contains illuminating essays of overlapping themes. ... -
Combating HIV and AIDS in South African construction through effective communication
(University of the Free State, 2004)English: It is increasingly being recognized that the only viable means of preventing the spread of new HIV infections is sexual behavior change. Behavior change programs should include information on risk that is ... -
Economic and regulatory approaches to improve the environmental performance of buildings in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2004)resisted by industry, government and the public. As such, they were used only in exceptional circumstances. More recently, there has been a realisation that economic instruments can be a powerful complement to direct ... -
Demographic challenges in non-metropolitan Western Australia: community development strategies in a neo-liberal economic environment
(University of the Free State, 2004)English: Many communities throughout non metropolitan Australia are experiencing change; changes in service delivery and infrastructure, changes in traditional industries and the industry mix, changes in the demographic ... -
Architecture, heritage, history, memory
(University of the Free State, 2004)English: ... when the modern world finds that the eclecticism of the present is barren and fruitless, and that it needs and will have a style of architecture which ... can only be as part of a change as wide and as deep ... -
Public participation in lower and higher socio-economic areas in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: A prominent feature of public life in South Africa the last decade has been an increasing demand for more participation in the formulation and making of decisions affecting the public’s quality of life. This ... -
Importance of healthy older construction workers
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: Older construction workers constitute a major proportion of total South African construction employment. Demographic changes and an apparent growing loss of interest among young people in careers in the construction ... -
Efficiency in the provision of production specifications for the South African construction industry
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: In most developed countries production specifications are based on national standardised specification systems, such as the National Building Specification or NBS (Great Britain), the National Specification ... -
City-regional councils: a myth or method for better planning? The case of the Khomas region (Namibia)
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: The functions to be fulfilled by regional councils cannot be performed adequately by the Khomas Regional Council, due to the Council’s lack of funds, capacity, expertise and experience. The Windhoek Local Authority ... -
Landscaping: an analysis of current contracting processes and documentation
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: Landscape work, forms an integral part of most land development projects, whether they are building works or civil works. Environmental protection, reha bilitation and landscape beautification are nowadays ... -
Bemagtiging: ’n geïntegreerde model vir die ontwikkeling van opkomende kontrakteurs in die konstruksiebedryf
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: In this review an empowerment model for construction emerging contractors is described. It is based on experimental research and the continuous ap plication thereof during the last decade in the construction ... -
Om argitektuur te skryf
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: Since the 1830s, along with the the founding of the first Institutes for Archi tecture, journals began to be published. They promoted the adopted duty of the Institute to protect the works and status of its ... -
Hostel conversion through the Institutional Housing Subsidy as affordable housing: case study of the Sethokga Pilot Project, Gauteng, South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: Existing government policies and programmes promote the redevelopment of single sex public hostels to provide family units as a sustainable form of housing for the poor in South Africa. A survey was carried out ... -
’n Oorsig oor boukonstruksie as vak in argitektuur aan die Universiteit van Pretoria in die tydperk 1943-2005
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: Boukonstruksie is tradisioneel ’n kernvak in die graadkursus in Argitektuur aan die Universiteit van Pretoria. Die vak ondersoek die vernuf van bou, en lewer ’n belangrike bydrae tot die studie van die ontwerp ... -
The non-payment of mortgage bonds in South Africa: the voice of defaulters
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: The aim of this article was to provide an understanding of the reasons for the non payment of mortgage bonds in the South African context. The article starts off with a brief history on housing finance under ... -
The property development challenge: creating wealth through regional and rural projects
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: Past experience, specifically in the regional context in South Africa, shows that development of land and the use of land for physical projects and buildings has had some negative effects on the environment. Recently ... -
Commentary on “site managers manual on energy and water efficient housing”
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: An attempt to address the general lack of instruction material on energy effi cient housing existing in South Africa needs to be evaluated by the target audience. This becomes even more relevant where valuable ... -
African courtyard architecture: typology, art, science and relevance
(University of the Free State, 2005)English: Because current international trends in urban design principles are towards compact neighbourhoods and housing, attempts to accommodate South Africa’s lower-income households in massive schemes of identical ... -
Community participation — a necessary element of community development projects
(University of the Free State, 2006)English: This article presents a number of important findings of a research project evaluating the importance of community participation in infrastructure delivery in the Western Cape. There is an emerging trend in South ...