Sarah Katherine Calburn, usually known as Sarah Calburn, (born 10 May 1964,

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...

) is a South African architect."Book of South African Women: Architects"
''Mail and Guardian online'', 3 August 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

Biography

Sarah Calburn was born in Johannesburg where she attended

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, matriculating in 1981. She studied architecture at the

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, graduating in 1987, and in 1996 was awarded a master's degree for her research at Australia's

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. The same year she set up an architecture practice in Johannesburg. Calburn has also worked as an architect in Paris, Hong Kong, Sydney and Melbourne. In addition to many housing projects, she designed Johannesburg's Momo art gallery. She also serves on the committee of the Gauteng Institute for Architecture and was programme director of ArchitectureZA 2010, the first South African Architectural Biennale. aimed at creative urban development in Johannesburg. Calburn has also taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, the

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and RMIT Melbourne.

Awards

In December 2010, together with architect Dustin A. Tusnovics, Sarah Calburn won third prize in the Urbaninform Design Contest in Zurich, Switzerland, for their project ''Taking the Gap''. The jury commented on its strong design, considering it to be a critical initiative for social housing in South Africa."urbaninform Competition : Architecture Contest"
''e-architect''. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

References

External links

Sarah Calburn ArchitectsInterview with Sarah Calburn of Space Matters"Design In Motion?"
''The Salon.'' Retrieved 11 November 2019.
"A Call to Arms"
''Leading Architecture & Design.'' Retrieved 13 November 2019.
Sarah Calburn – Matric Class 1981
. ''saora.org.za''. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
Building Block: Roedean frames the past
''The Times'', Retrieved 2019-12-14. 1964 births People from Johannesburg Living people South African women architects 20th-century South African architects 21st-century South African architects Alumni of Roedean School, South Africa {{SouthAfrica-architect-stub