{"id":609,"date":"2015-04-15T11:39:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T11:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urba.co.za\/?p=609"},"modified":"2022-07-05T10:35:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:35:14","slug":"competition-bisho-premiers-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urba.co.za\/?p=609","title":{"rendered":"PREMIER&#8217;S OFFICE  BHISHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>SAIA ENDORSED NATIONAL COMPETITION WINNER:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Pr<\/strong><strong>emier&#8217;s Office Bhisho South Africa, 2009<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team:<\/strong> Henri Comrie, Etienne Britz,\u00a0Steph Potgieter, Rohan Nothnagel<\/p>\n<p>Winner of an open competition for the design of the offices of the Premier of the Eastern Cape. The building has a simple footprint and is conceived as clusters of buildings surrounding a series of interlinked courtyards. The design was informed by an urban design framework which we developed for the remote site before engaging in the more detailed design of the competition buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The design draws strongly on researched vernaculars and traditions associated with the indigenous Xhosa culture.<\/p>\n<p>To view the judges&#8217; report\u00a0and our architect&#8217;s statement as published in Architecture SA, click\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/urba.co.za\/publication-4\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAIA ENDORSED NATIONAL COMPETITION WINNER:\u00a0Premier&#8217;s Office Bhisho South Africa, 2009 &nbsp; Team: Henri Comrie, Etienne Britz,\u00a0Steph Potgieter, Rohan Nothnagel Winner of an open competition for the design of the offices of the Premier of the Eastern Cape. 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