A day in the life at the University of Pretoria. 26 September 1969

26 September 1969: Architecture students wins international prize. On this "Day in the life of the University of Pretoria" the student newspaper, Die Perdeby, reported that three of UP’s third year architecture students won the Japanese Architecture international competition.

Die Perdeby, 26 September 1969 © University of Pretoria Archives

The newspaper (article featured above) reported that Siegfried Schmidt, Hennie Graphorn and Dirk Greef for the building model they designed.

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