Hidden Pretoria and Creating Coromandel have been awarded the 2022 Herbert Prins Colosseum award for their research and publication contributions. The event was organised by Gifa (Gauteng Institute for Architects)

The awards recognise and celebrate outstanding contributions towards the conservation of heritage in greater Gauteng. The memorial awards celebrate the heritage achievements of the past decade since the last Colosseum awards of 2012. This year’s entries focused on projects successfully completed between 2012 to 2022.

Hidden Pretoria by Johan Swart and Alain Proust received the Research and Publication award. Hidden Pretoria, the third book in a series after Hidden Cape Town (2016) and Hidden Johannesburg(2013), can be positioned relative to classic publications such as London Revealed (1989) and Colonial Houses of South Africa (1987), which continue to serve as valuable resources. Prof Arthur Barker collected the Research & Publication commendation award on behalf of Edna Peres and Andrea Zamboni for their book, Creating Coromandel. Prof Barker wrote a chapter in the book titled Stones that Sing where he discusses the architecture and legacy of Marco Zanuso and the place it holds in the South African regional adaptation of the architectural discipline and practice.

For details on the books, please contact Johan Swart and Prof Barker.