IN DECEMBER 2022, HEATHER DODD of Savage + Dodd Architects became the first candidate to graduate with a PhD from the new practice-based design programme at the UFS architecture school. This degree, a first in SA, is an innovative way for architects to work towards a PhD that involves a thesis focused on their own buildings – a bit like an art degree with a practical and written component that reflects on a body of work.
Earlier the same month, she was in Lisbon for the World Architecture Festival – a festival and live awards competition dedicated to architectural excellence from across the globe – where she was awarded a WAFX Award for her proposal for the Graduation Hall at Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley. The WAFX Awards are different from the other WAF awards in that they are picked from any category
