The AfriSam-SAIA Sustainable Design Award recognises contributions that bring sustainable innovation to both urban and rural living environments through an integrated approach to communities, planning, research, architecture, building practice, natural systems and technology. Find more here.
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2019/2020 AfriSam-SAIA Sustainable Design Award
Join us as we recognise excellence in architectural or social design and innovative thinking in the field of sustainability. Awarded and commended projects in the 2019/2020 AfriSam-SAIA Sustainable Design Award will be announced virtually via live stream to protect...
Translation app bridges language barriers between patients and health workers
A collaboration between local start-up, Aweza, and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), AwezaMed Covid-19 is a new mobile app that supports all 11 official languages in SA to help medical staff communicate with patients in their home languages....
Aquatecture panels let people catch their own water
The brain-child of South African-born designer, Shaakira Jassat, Aquatecture rain-harvesting panels collect water by diverting raindrops flowing over the perforations to the inside of the system, down into a collection tank. Soon to be tested in Granger Bay, this...