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Prof. Jo Noero

ACADEMIC
  • Director of the School of Architecture and Planning, University of Cape Town, South Africa, January 2000 to 2005.
  • Professor of Architecture, University of Cape Town, 2000 to date.
  • Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture at Washington University, St. Louis, M.O., U.S.A., Fall 1996 to 2001.
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Washington University, St. Louis, M.O., U.S.A., Fall 1996 to 2001.
  • Pietro Belluschi Distinguished Visiting Professor in Architectural Design, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA, Spring 2004.
  • Elected International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, January 2006.
  • Elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, May 2000.
  • Elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Science of South Africa in May 2001.
  • Alumnus of the Salzburg seminar from 1998 onwards.
  • Bachelor of Architecture degree, University of Natal, South Africa, 1978 [awarded Emma Smith Art Scholarship for overseas study].
  • Master of Philosophy degree, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, 1980.
  • Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Brighton, United Kingdom, 1995.
  • Professor Alexander Petrie Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts and Humanities by the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa, 1997.
PROFESSIONAL/PRACTICE

In private practice as Jo Noero Architects in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1984 to 1998.

In practice as Noero Wolff Architects in Cape Town, South Africa, from 2000 to date. The practice has completed over 200 buildings which range in scale and complexity from single individual houses to large museums and other institutional buildings such as law courts and schools.

Jo Noero has lectured on his work and taught in
  • the United Kingdom
  • Portugal
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • United States of America
  • Peru
  • Colombia
  • Argentina
  • Botswana
  • Namibia
Projects and built works have been published in a number of journals including
  • The Architectural Review
  • R.I.B.A. Journal
  • The Union of International Architects Journal
  • The Architectural Record
  • Harvard Design Review
  • Space and Society
  • Architectural Association Files
  • Swedish and Norwegian Association of Architects Journals
and many others.

Jo Noero has received international and national awards for architectural design including
  • Lubetkin Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects 2006
  • RIBA International Award 2006
  • Dedalo Minosse Premio Internazionale 2005/2006 Award
  • Ruth and Ralph Erskine Prize from the Nordic Association of Architects in 1993
  • 12 Awards of Merit for Outstanding Design
  • 6 South African Architecture Project Awards
  • an Award of Excellence for the Soweto Careers Center in 1994
all from the Institute of South African Architects.

The work of Jo Noero has been exhibited at the
  • Architectural Association in London
  • University of Michigan and Washington University in the United States of America
  • Netherlands Architecture Institute in Holland
  • University of Trondheim in Norway
  • Swedish Museum of Architecture in Schepsholm, Stockholm
as well as in many venues in South Africa.

The work of Jo Noero has been published in a number of books.

Jo Noero Architects and Noero Wolff Architects have won a number of architectural competitions, including first prize in an open architectural competition for the design of the Museum of Apartheid in Red Location, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

June 2007


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