Sarah Calburn
Sarah Katherine Calburn (born 10 May 1964) is a South African architect.
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Sarah Calburn
- Name
- Sarah Calburn
- Birthplace
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Education
- RMIT University (MA)
- Occupation
- Architect
- Born
- 1964 · Johannesburg.
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Sarah Calburn • Birthplace — Johannesburg, South Africa • Citizenship — South Africa • Education — RMIT University (MA) • Occupation — Architect
Biography
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Sarah Calburn was born in Johannesburg where she attended Roedean School, matriculating in 1981. She studied architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand, graduating in 1987, and in 1996 was awarded a master's degree for her research at Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. The same year she set up an architecture practice in Johannesburg. Calburn has also worked as an architect in Paris, Hong Kong, Sydney and Melbourne. In addition to many housing projects, she designed Johannesburg's Momo art gallery. She also serves on the committee of the Gauteng Institute for Architecture and was programme director of ArchitectureZA 2010, the first South African Architectural Biennale. aimed at creative urban development in Johannesburg. Calburn has also taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, the University of Cape Town and RMIT Melbourne.
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1964
Sarah Calburn born at Johannesburg.
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- Sarah Calburn (b.1964), Women in Architecture, 2025
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In December 2010, together with architect Dustin A. Tusnovics, Sarah Calburn won third prize in the Urbaninform Design Contest in Zurich, Switzerland, for their project Taking the Gap. The jury commented on its strong design, considering it to be a critical initiative for social housing in South Africa.
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- 1."Book of South African Women: Architects", Mail and Guardian online, 3 August 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- 2."The Team", Sarah Calburn Architects. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- 3."Sarah Calburn – Matric Class 1981" , Roedean School. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- 4."urbaninform Competition : Architecture Contest", e-architect. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
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