Research News

Footsteps Along the Tracks project uncovers largely forgotten cultural heritage

Posted on August 02, 2017

UP and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands present the Footsteps Along the Tracks project, which uncovers the largely forgotten cultural heritage represented by the Netherlands South African Railways Company (NZASM).

Department of Architecture undertakes research project for Clay Brick Association of South Africa

Posted on July 04, 2017

Over the last years, a detailed analysis of the environmental impacts of clay brick production and utilisation in South Africa was commissioned by the Clay Brick Association of South Africa and Swisscontact, co-funded by the National Research Foundation and conducted by the Department of...

Chair in Shopping Centre Studies founded at UP

Posted on May 25, 2016

A partnership between the South African Council for Shopping Centres and the Department of Construction Economics at the University of Pretoria, has resulted in the founding of a Chair in Shopping Centre Studies.

Informal settlements: looking at the bigger picture

Posted on May 09, 2016

For his PhD research, Dr Emmanuel Nkambule sought to improve the living conditions in informal settlements by visually studying the structure of the settlement and its many physical and social layers.