Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa March/April 2015 | Page 12

NEWSWORTHY

SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST
SUBSTANTIAL ARTS AND
DESIGN COMPETITION
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED
ITS TOP DESIGNERS

PPC Ltd announced the winners
of the inaugural PPC Imaginarium
Awards in January. Cementing
its position as one of the largest
and most exciting promoters and
patrons of the arts and design in
South Africa, PPC Ltd is a company
that has previously been awarded
for its innovation and support of the
arts. Through the PPC Imaginarium
Awards, the aim is to establish the
winning designers as leaders in
their field.
There were an astonishing 477
competition entries throughout
the six categories (film, industrial
design, fashion, jewellery, architecture and sculpture).
The winner in the architecture
category was Ayanda Ntsingana
(Pictured Above), who won the
award for an architectural piece
entitled ‘Laingsburg Public Pool’;
Ayanda is currently completing
his second year towards B-tech
in Architecture through Open
Architecture
in
collaboration
with Cape Peninsula University
of Technology (CPUT) He also
completed his National Diploma
(ND 2011) from CPUT. Ayanda feels
that the knowledge he acquired
f