Pieter Mathews

Pieter J Mathews obtained his Architecture degrees at UP- 1991 and his Masters at UFS in 2019. He completed part of his practical training in London. He is principal of Mathews & Associates architects based in Pretoria South Africa. Numerous awards and publications can be viewed on maaa.co.za. In 2016 he was appointed by the Department of Arts and Culture as curator for the official S A Pavilion at the 15th Architecture Biennale Venice. In 2018 the SAAWK bestowed their medal of honour, Architecture on him. This award was only awarded to 20 Architects since their inception in 1909. He has published Detail Housed and Architexture and acts as external examiner for TUT, UP, UFS. Judging includes the merit awards program for the Namibia Institute of Architects 2012, Pretoria Institute for Architecture 2019 and SAIA Free State 2019. Judging various student competitions in the meantime. Public speaking included TEDx Pretoria 2016, as well as various student congresses. In 2014 the City of Tshwane appointed him to curate public artworks for the BRT bus stations. They won the BASA 2017 award for another art project- Saadjies. The firm recently completed the new Javett: UP Art Centre which is home to South Africa’s crown jewels, the Mapungubwe collection. He is currently part of the first intake for a new practice-based post graduate research Architecture program at the University of the Free State South Africa