Awards
2012 SAIA: Award of Merit - Nike Football Training Centre
2010 Walter Sisulu University: Luyanda Mpahlwa receives honorary doctorate
2008 Curry Stone: Design Prize - 10 x 10 sandbag housing
2006 SAIA: Award of Excellence - South African Embassy
2004 SAIA: Award of Merit - South African Embassy
2003 SABT & Allied Careers Organisation: Excellence in the Built Environment - South African Embassy
EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
2023 GUEST SPEAKER: Dialogue for Urban Change – Peer to Peer learning and exchange, An ACC Initiative, Stellenbosch, Cape Town
2022 MODERATOR: Module 1, 2022 Panel Discussion - MuseumsLab, Berlin DAAD/Museum of Natural History, Germany
2021 GUEST LECTURE: Module 1, 2021 - MuseumsLab, Berlin DAAD/Museum of Natural History, Germany
2021 MODERATOR: Panel Discussion – Tswane University of Technology – In Full Sight Lecture Series
2020 GUEST SPEAKER: Various Webinars/On-line lectures: The Role of Architecture in response to COVID-19
2019 GUEST SPEAKER: FutureScape Africa, Cape Town Conference – Theme: Inclusive Cities of the Future
2019 GUEST SPEAKER: OASIS FORUM, OSUN STATE, Nigeria – The Architect as Nexus of Heritage & Vision
2019 GUEST SPEAKER: ASAQS Conference, CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Theme: Shift towards Opportunity
2019 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: CBE TRANSFORMATION INDABA, Feb 2019, CSIR - Topic: Inclusive development
2018 INAUGURATION: 6th December 2019 - President of the South African Institute of Architects
2018 GUEST SPEAKER: WHO OWNS THE CITY, A Discussion on Socially Inclusive Cities, GBCSA Convention
2018 GUEST SPEAKER: AFFORDABLE HOUSING(solutions) - Symposium, Uganda Society of Architects
2018 GUEST SPEAKER: Workshop Host: SOCIAL HOUSING MODELS - #Cocreate Design Festival, Cape Town
2017 PARTICIPANT: EcoDistricts Incubator Workshops, Portland Oregon, Seattle, USA
2017 DESIGN LECTURE:, DESIGN FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, November Talks, Technical University, Stuttgart
2016 GUEST SPEAKER: Keynote Address, Housing Seminar - Connective Cities Forum, Durban, South Africa
2016 PARTICIPANT/EXHIBITOR: VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE, Venice Italy
2016 PARTICIPANT: German Habitat Forum, Habitat III Conference, Berlin, Germany
2016 GUEST SPEAKER: CPUT Graduation Geomatics and Design, Bellville, Cape Town
2016 DESIGN LECTURE: THINK TANK Architecture, November Talks, Technical University, Graz, Austria
2016 LECTURE: Think Tank Architecture Lecture, Graz University of Technology, Austria
2016 EXHIBITION: Architectural Open Studios, Open Design Cape Town
2016 EXHIBITION: Open Design Cape Town
2016 WORKSHOP: Connective Cities Practitioners' Workshop in Durban, an urban NEXUS approach to urban upgrading
2016 SYMPOSIUM: UCT Architecture Lecture Series: Masiphumelele Housing Symposium, a lecture series in collaboration with utt and ethz
2016 LECTURE: Co-creating the future of housing in South Africa, a forum hosted by Future Cape Town
2015 LECTURE: Housing and Educating the Future, hosted by Future Cape Town with talks by Alfredo Brillembourg and Luyanda Mpahlwa
2014 SYMPOSIUM: The Design Africa Symposium 2014, hosted by Luyanda Mpahlwa in association with World Design Capital, view on Future Cape Town here
2013 LECTURE: Milde Macmillian Memorial lecture and exhibition in Port Elizabeth - available
2013 LECTURE: India
2013 OPEN STUDIO: Open Design DesignSpaceAfrica offices open
2013 EXHIBITION: WDC exhibition at city Hall
2013 CONFERENCE: Luyanda Mpahlwa, AZA conference
2011 CONVERSATION: Luyanda Mpahlwa and Mokena Makeka conversation
2010 CONFERENCE: Luyanda Mphalwa rural development conference Walter Sisulu University
2010 CONFERENCE: Luyanda Mpahlwa Design Indaba conference speech - available
2009 AWARD: Nominated for Index Award Denmark for 10×10 House, Cape Town
2009 VIDEO: Design Indaba 10x10-housing-project video - available
2008 ARTICLE: Design Indaba for 10×10 House, Cape Town