Architecture from Commission to Construction

Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre

Peter Rich Architects with Michael Ramage and John Ochsendorf

Location: Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo

Province, South Africa

Principal use: Heritage centre

Client: South African National Parks (SANParks)

Site area: 2 hectares (5 acres)

Interior area: 1,650 m² (17,760½ ft²)

Total build area: 2,780 m² (29,923½ ft²)

Design period: January 2007 – August 2007

Construction period: October 2007 – August 2010

Budget: ZAR 14,000,000

Johannesburg architect Peter Rich, Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) is the leading proponent of a contemporary African architecture that fuses Modernism and tradition born from a deep understanding of African indigenous architecture. Edward Allen, a Fellow of ...