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BAS (Free State); BArch cum laude (Free State); MArch cum laude 2013 (Pretoria); Pr.Arch (SACAP) Marguerite Pienaar (née Le Roux) is a registered architect with 14 years experience in practice, and along with husband Morné PIENAAR, is currently one of the directors at HOLM JORDAAN ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS. Her experience ranges from design across a broad spectrum of building typologies, to spatial planning, housing, PPP-related advisory input and urban design. Marguerite's built projects received awards in recent years, notably an Award of Merit for the Novi Skin Centre (2013), Pretoria and with Morné Pienaar; the Refilwe Urban Upgrade (2015), Cullinan was also awarded by the PIA. She finished a post-graduate Masters Degree cum laude at the University in Pretoria (2014) and was subsequently awarded the Neil Powell Neil Post-Graduate Award for the best completed post-graduate studies through research in 2014. Her research covered the domestic work of the renowned local architect Norman EATON (1902-1966) and can be found on UPSpace. She is an external examiner and continues to lecture at all the major accredited institutions in South Africa, especially focusing on architectural design and research-based subjects. She was a contributor to the recent Building Construction Standards for South Africa/ARCHITECTIVE (2014), and more recently the senior researcher for the South African-based Africa Drawn Project (DOM, 2015), which focused on researching, visualizing, and curating cities in Africa. She has been a participant in several green indabas, such as the "Holcim Forum for Sustainable Development" (2007), Shanghai, China. Marguerite read papers at the "Entangled Histories" EAHN Conference, Belgrade (2015) and "Next Stop Kumasi" (2007), Kumasi, Ghana. She was an invited speaker at the "Dialogue 25" Conference, Bloemfontein (2013) and most recently, at "helloambassador 2015". Marguerite completed her primary studies at the University of the Free State (2001), where she was the best overall final year student and received a RIBA commendation for her final year project. Subsequently, she held lecturing posts at various institutions, including the Universities of Pretoria and the Witwatersrand. While practicing in Cape Town, she worked for ACG ARCHITECTS and won as an employee, the Athlone Struggle Memorial Competition, built in 2006. Books by PIENAAR
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