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Lyndsay BREMNER was conferred a Master's of Architecture degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in August 1990 with Dennis RADFORD as study leader, the study is titled "Architectural Semiotics: A Critical Assessment of the Work of Diana Agrest and Mario Gandelsonas."
She was awarded the SAIA Architectural Writers and Critics Award at the SAIA Award Ceremony on 2023 02 02. Award Citation: Lindsay Bremner is Professor of Architecture in the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster and Director of Architectural Research (2012-2017). She is currently holder of Monsoon Assemblages, European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant no. 679873, investigating the confluence of changing monsoon weather and neoliberal agendas in south Asian cities. She was previously Professor of Architecture and Chair in the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia (2006 - 2011) and Chair of Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg (1998 - 2004). Lindsay is an award-winning architect and writer and has published, lectured and exhibited widely on the Indian Ocean and the transformation of Johannesburg after the end of apartheid. Her published work includes 'Thinking architecture from an Indian Ocean aquapelago (2016), Fluid Ontologies in the Search for MH370 (2014), Folded Ocean: The Spatial Transformation of the Indian Ocean World' (2013), 'The Politics of Rising Acid Mine Water' (2013), Writing the City into Being: Essays on Johannesburg 1998 - 2008 (2010), numerous book chapters and contributions to Environment and Planning A and D, Domus, Public Culture, Social Identities, Social Dynamics, Cities and Urban Forum. In her design work, she takes on projects with social or cultural agendas such as her third placed entry for a Cyclone Shelter in Bangladesh (with Jeremy Voorhees, 2011), award winning Sans Souci Cinema project in Kliptown, Soweto (with 2610 South Architects, 2004 - 2007) and second placed entry to the Freedom Square Competition (with Mashabane Rose Architects, 2002). She holds M. Arch and DSC. Arch degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a B.Arch degree from the University of Cape Town. Articles by BREMNER
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