ABOUT
OFFICE 24-7 ARCHITECTURE was founded in 2002 and has received numerous awards for its work. The practice is a space of praxis – where ideas are researched and executed. The practice critically and spatially re-imagines museum, exhibition, cultural, and architectural projects.
The practice collaborates across disciplines and works across fields. Narrative acts as a framework to making an architecture that aims to broaden our imagination and stimulate engagement.
AWARDS
2022: Gauteng Institute for Architecture Heritage Colosseum Award Commendation for House ‘Klein Schuur’
2022: Finalist in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Memorial competition – Cape Town
2022: Finalist in a joint venture with Lemon Pebble architects in the Sol Plaatje University Graduation Hall competition – Kimberley
2017: Pretoria Institute for Architecture Award of Commendation for Maropeng Experience Lab.
2017/18: World Interior News shortlisted in the Museums category for Maropeng Experience Lab.
2016: South African Institute of Architects Award of Commendation 2015/16 for the Moruleng Cultural Precinct
2014 -2015: Pretoria Institute for Architecture Award of Merit and PIA Best Public Architecture Award for Moruleng Cultural Precinct
2013-2014: South African Institute of Architects Award of Merit 2013/14 for the heritage additions and renovation of Herbert Bakers ‘Kleine Schuur’.
2012-2013: The Heritage additions and renovation of Herber Bakers ‘Kleine Schuur’ was awarded a Gauteng Institute for Architecture, GIFA Award for Architecture.
2005: Honorary mention in the contest for the memorial-museum for the victims of the Tsunami in Khao Lak, Thailand.
In collaboration with Armando Oliver-Suinaga 24-7 Cooperative: Armando Oliver Suinaga (Mexico) Rosalea Monacella (Australia) Juana Ines Guzman Pizarro Hugo Edgar Leon Flores
2005: Wits Art Gallery – Finalist
Ideas competition for the new University of the Witwatersrand
Gallery conversion. Finalist in collaboration with Clive van den Berg and Kate Otten.
SELECTED PROJECTS
Museum and Archive of the Constitution | Constitution Hill.
Experience Lab children’s exhibition | Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind.
Redesign and curation of the Maropeng main exhibition | Gauteng Department of Economic Development, Wits and Maropeng.
Fossil Gallery | Gauteng Department of Economic Development, Wits and Maropeng.
Head Office additions, renovation and interior fit out | Bophelong Construction
Moruleng Cultural Precinct | New buildings, landscape design, restoration, renovation, exhibition design, and Exhibition curator | with Totem Media.
Steve Azaiki Library Exhibition, Nigeria | Exhibition design and development | with Totem Media.
All from One Exhibition | PAST, Standard Bank and Department of Science and Technology project | with Trace.
100 years anniversary of the ANC, ‘A Giant Awakens’ exhibition at the Wesleyan Church | Department of Arts and Culture project | with Totem Media.
20 years of Democracy Exhibition | Nelson Mandela Foundation Project | with Totem Media.
Mpumalanga Heritage Centre Exhibition | eThekwini Municipality | with Totem Media.
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Archive additions, renovation and interior fit out | with Artist Clive van den Berg.
Library renovation and interior fit out | Sacred Heart College, Observatory.
1930’s Heritage house reconstruction and renovation | Christopherson Street, Dunkeld.
New contemporary addition to a 1913 Robert Howden Heritage house | Parktown ridge.
Museum of Aids in Africa, site scoping | with Lord Cultural services, Toronto.
15 Years of the Constitution Exhibition, Constitution Court | Constitutional Hill Trust | with Trace.
House Kleine Schuur, additions and renovations to a heritage Herbert Baker House | Parktown.
Umkhonto we Sizwe Memorial | Liliesleaf Museum, Rivonia.
Woza eNanda Gandhi, Dube, Shembe Exhibitions, Phoenix, Durban | eThekwini Municipality | with Totem Media.
Freedom Park Exhibition Concept Design | Part of exhibition design team, for Clive van den Berg.
Spier Estate, Stellenbosch | Conceptual design Framework with Clive van den Berg.
Bakgatla Cultural Precinct, Botswana and Moruleng | Design framework | with Totem Media.
Bakgatla cultural history exhibition for 2010 world cup, Moruleng | with Totem Media.
Bafokeng Peoples Centre, Phokeng | Design framework | with Totem Media.
Spier Art Contemporary 2010 exhibition design | City Hall, Cape Town.
Sophiatown heritage walk framework | with Trace.
Bertrams Pepper pot houses heritage cluster feasibility | Johannesburg Development Agency | with Albonico Sack architects.
Sharpeville heritage precinct urban concept design | Johannesburg Development Agency | with Albonico Sack architects.
Durban Natural Science Museum feasibility study | eThekwini Municipality | with Totem Media.
Restoration of Governors House and Hillbrow Recreation Centre | Johannesburg Development Agency
House Snyman Renovation and Additions | Parktown
Art Bank Renovation and interior office branding | Johannesburg Development Agency.
‘Izipho- Gifts’, Exhibition | Nelson Mandela Foundation | with Trace.
Environmental Affairs building, Polokwane | Limpopo Department of Public Works.
Jada’s Museum renovation and heritage restoration, Kliptown | Johannesburg Development Agency.
Hillbrow Police Station Client Service Centre Upgrade | Johannesburg Development Agency.
Heritage, Education and Tourism spatial consultant | Number 4 and the Old Fort, Constitution Hill | Johannesburg Development Agency.
Children’s Room Exhibition | Constitution Hill | Johannesburg Development Agency.
Exhibition on ramparts | Constitution Hill | Johannesburg Development Agency.
Kliptown Heritage Framework Feasibility | Johannesburg Development Agency.
New Environmental Affairs office building, Polokwane | Limpopo Department of Public Works.
‘466/64 – A Prisoner working in the Garden’ Exhibition | Nelson Mandela Foundation | with Trace.
The Making of Constitution Hill Exhibition | Johannesburg Development Agency.
Constitution Hill feasibility studies, interpretive experience, heritage policy, business plan, programming, and exhibition strategy | Johannesburg Development Agency.
PUBLISHED WORK
” Landscape Urbanism, A Manual for the Machinic Landscape”,
Mohsen Mostafavi and Ciro Najle Ed.; Architectural Association Publications, London 2003.
Digest of South African Architecture, Cape Town 2005-2006: Environmental Affairs Offices and House Goldblatt
Number 4, the making of Constitution Hill, 2006, Penguin
Prisoner in the Garden, 2005, Penguin
Digest of South African Architecture, Cape Town2004-2005: Mandela exhibition and House Gibson
Art South Africa volume 2 issue 4, 2004, article on Constitution Hill
Digest of South African Architecture, Cape Town 2007: House Snyman
Elle Decoration, April 2010, article on Spier Contemporary
Digest of South African Architecture, Cape Town 2012: Woza Inanda exhibition and House Kleine Schuur
Digest of South African Architecture, Cape Town 2014: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
House and Leisure, July 2014: House Kleine Schuur
Visi, July 2014: House Kleine Schuur
House and Leisure, January 2016: House Muller, Forest Town
Digest of South African Architecture, Cape Town 2016: Moruleng Cultural Precinct
House and Leisure, August 2016: House Howden
Leading Architecture and Design, August 2016: Moruleng Cultural Precinct
Arch SA Journal, March 2017: Moruleng Cultural Precinct
Arch SA Journal, March 2018: Contributing article, ‘Transforming Perspectives’
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: Nabeel Essa
2001 MALU-AA:
Master in Landscape Urbanism, Architectural Association, London.
1998/9 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg:
Bachelor of Architecture (2yr degree); completed requirements for qualification with distinction.
1992-6 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg:
Bachelor of Architectural studies (4yr degree)
1990-1 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg:
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, years 1 & 2 only.