SA Affordable Housing May / June 2017 // Issue: 64 | Page 9

NEWS Corobrik sponsors 30th architectural student of the year competition Eight finalists from universities across South Africa have already won the regional competitions and will meet at the Hilton Hotel in Johannesburg between 8 and 10 May 2017 for the 30th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards. CONCRETE ROOF TILE EQUIPMENT USED WORLDWIDE SINCE 1985 THE ONLY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE PRODUCING HIGH SPEED CONCRETE TILE EXTRUSION PLANTS EXTRUSION MACHINES CAPABLE OF MULTI-PROFILE PRODUCTION OVER 100 CONCRETE ROOF TILE PLANTS INSTALLED IN AFRICA Vedhant Maharaj is the winner of the 2015 Architectural Student of the Year Awards. Image: Corobrik OVER 1000 DIFFERENT SPARE PARTS SUPPLIED DIRECTLY FROM OUR STORES IN SOUTH AFRICA T he annual Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Award is the country’s premier event to highlight the creative and technical talent of the cream of South Africa’s architectural students and to drive the advancement of design excellence nationally. Participating universities include: University of the Free State, University of Cape Town, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Tshwane University of Technology, University of Johannesburg, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Pretoria and University of Witwatersrand. Participants’ thesis models are available to view at The Hilton Hotel between 9:30am and midday on 10 May 2017. Tertiary institutions are encouraged to send architectural and design students to view the models and listen to a student lecture that will be delivered by eminent award- winning architect Andrew Makin. SINCE 1985 Manufactured by Jessop & Associates (Pty) Ltd Tel: +27 16 421 2521 Fax: +27 16 421 2539 WWW.PROTILE.CO.ZA SA AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAY - JUNE 2017 7