Born in Cape Town. Graduated from University of Cape Town (1979). Practice and teaching in Lesotho and South Africa. A consenting general eclectic with a rational bias whose
current standpoint acknowledges the influence of a general collective and questions the notion of objective and original thought. Was Project Architect for a World Bank
project in Lesotho to improve educational facilities; and pursuing the development of prototypical building forms in urban and rural locations, based on contextually
responsive and cost-effective solutions. Joseph Rykwert, in UIA-International Architect 5, describes the role of the architect in developing countries as 'the servant of more or less authoritarian government', where 'young practitioners newly released from university faculties' find disappointment which evokes a bitterness.
The problem with architecture today is that architects are too busy communicating with each other through their buildings. The interpretation of user needs through our
personal or private bias tends to alienate both client and user and produce the authoritarian client type.
All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.
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Low, Iain. The Bifurcation of Space - Cape Town & Environs. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Ekasi Medley. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Dibanisa Iinstapho Hostels to Homes Project. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Joe Gqabi Transport Terminus. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Stock Road Station. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Mitchells Plain Public Transport Interchange. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Informal Traders Market. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Service Centres & Pay Points. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Trojan Horse Memorial. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Early Childhood Development Centre. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Delft Day Care Centres. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain, Cooke, Julian & Joubert, 'Ora. Usasazo Secondary School. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain. Twin Houses. In 10 years + 100 buildings : Architecture in a Democratic South Africa. 2009. Bell-Roberts Publishing
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Low, Iain. Schools Programme, Lesotho (1983). In UIA International Architect : Southern Africa (Issue 8). 1985. International Architect
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Low, Iain . 7.5 Seeing South : 'African' Architecture and Spatial Justice. In Theorising Architecture in Sub-Saharan Africa : Perspectives, Questions, and Concepts. 2021. DOM publishers
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