The Department of Architecture, UFS, is pleased to announce that the 37th Sophia Gray Memorial Lecture and Exhibition will be presented this year by Savage + Dodd Architects.

Founded in Johannesburg in 1998 by Colin Savage and Heather Dodd, Savage + Dodd Architects is an award-winning practice recognised for its commitment to architecture that advances restorative spatial justice and urban resilience. Through projects spanning social housing, urban regeneration, public buildings, university facilities, and adaptive reuse, the practice has developed a body of work that responds thoughtfully and creatively to the complexities of the South African context. Their work demonstrates the transformative potential of architecture to shape more inclusive, resilient, and meaningful environments, earning both local and international recognition for design excellence.

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PREVIOUS LAUREATES

• 2026 - Savage + Dodd: SPATIAL TACTICS
• 2025 - Heinrich and Ilze Wolff: SEEKING SUNSHINE
• 2024 - Andre Eksteen & Braam de Villiers: IN THE MAKING OF MEANINGFUL THINGS
•  2023 - Nadia Tromp: SHIFTING PERCEPTION: DESIGNING DIGNITY
• 2022 - Mphethi Morojele: CHANGING LANDSCAPES PRACTICE AND PEDAGOGY
• 2021 - Lucien Le Grange: ARCHITECTS AND URBAN PLANNERS
• 2019 - Jon Jacobson: IN[DE]FINITE
• 2018 - 'Ora Joubert: LA PROMENADE ARCHITECTURALE
  
• 2017 - Elphick Proome Architects: EVOLUTION
• 2016 - Al Stratford: REDUCTIVE INNOVATION IN ARCHITECTURE
• 2015 - Anton Roodt: BIG DREAMS IN A SMALL CITY: PLACES OF MEMORY, SPACES OF IMAGINATION
• 2014 - Mashabane Rose Architects: LANDSCAPE, HISTORY AND CONTEXT
• 2013 - Kate Otten: ARCHITECTURE FOR EVERY DAY
• 2012 - Stan Field: FOR THE LOVE OF ARCHITECTURE
• 2011 - Peter Rich: LEARNT IN TRANSLATION
• 2010 - Jaco Wasserfall: NO GRAFFITI, PLEASE! STULTORUM CALAMI CARBONES MOENIA CHARAE
• 2009 - Walter Peters: MORE WAYS OF BEING AN ARCHITECT
• 2008 - Practice Van Der Merwe Miszewski Architects (VDMMA): VAN DER MERWE MISZEWSKI PROJECTS
• 2007 - Jo Noero: THE EXPEDIENT AND THE ETHICAL, THE EVERYDAY AND THE EXTRAORDINARY
• 2006 - Designworkshop:SA: BORROWING SPACE AND TIME
• 2005 - Bannie Britz: STORIES...ARCHITECTURE...LIFE
• 2004 - Paul Mikula: A GREAT BIG BOX CALLED ARCHITECTURE
• 2003 - Peter Buchanan: ARCHITECTURE OF THE EMERGENT EPOCH
• 2002 - Louis Karol: 50 YEARS IN THE CITY
• 2001 - Hentie Louw: ARCHITECTURE AND CRAFT: A WORKING RELATIONSHIP?
• 2000 - Stanley Saitowitz: EXPANDED ARCHITECTURE
• 1999 - Jack Diamond: PRACTICING SCALES
• 1998 - Adele Naude Santos: "NARRATIVE MAPS" : CONCEPTS AND CREATIONS
• 1997 - Revel Fox: REFLECTIONS ON THE MAKING OF SPACE
• 1996 - Pancho Guedes: SEVEN MANIFESTOES
• 1995 - Hannes Meiring: ARCHITECTURE - THE GREAT ADVENTURE
• 1994 - Jack Barnett: BUILDING THE BEST - THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA'S ESSENTIAL MISSION
• 1993 - Glen Gallagher: THE EXCLUSION OF CONCLUSION IN ARCHITECTURE
• 1992 - Willie Meyer: THE THREE PASTS TO OUR PRESENT
• 1991 - Gawie Fagan: ARCHITECT AND COMMUNITY
• 1990 - Roelof Uytenboogaardt: TIMELESS IN ARCHITECTURE
• 1989 - Mira Fassler-Kamstra: MIMICRY AND CAMOUFLAGE (INSPIRATION AND INTERPRETATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN ARCHITECTURE)