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Openstudio entered the competition run by Urban Splash in conjunction with the Architects' Journal. The brief was to design an 'Infobox' which will stand on the city-centre site for eight years, with the possibility of becoming a permanent fixture. Our 'Infocube' was a close rival to the final winner, which was also a three storey cube.

Smallest Coolest Apartment 2007 - winner for 'Le Cabinet'.
This was an online competition run by the website Apartment Therapy looking at small apartments and homes all over the world less than 60 square metres in size. Judging criteria looked at the efficient and innovative use of a small space, aesthetics as well as creative problem solving. Our project was the unanimous winner.

Jennifer Beningfield was one of four invited speakers, including Jane Rendall, Eyal Weizman, and Teddy Cruz, at this one-day conference at the architecture school at Liverpool University.

The speakers ranged from practising architects, to theorists, working in London, San Diego, Israel and South Africa.

Jennifer Beningfield was part of a discussion panel to accompany an exhibition on South African architecture at the RIBA, linked to the publication of a special issue of the Architectural Review.
The exhibition 'Between Ownership and Belonging', investigated post-apartheid design and practice, from new public spaces to private homes.

Routledge sponsored a gathering to celebrate the publication of Jennifer Beningfield's ground-breaking work on the South African landscape and architecture.
Albie Sachs, who wrote the foreword to the book , introduced it at South Africa's Constitutional Court.

The publication of The Frightened Land in October 2006 was the culmination of many years of research and work. It offers an original and thoroughly researched investigation into the spatial and cultural meanings that are embedded in the land.
The book is available in hardcover or paperback on order from bookshops or from Amazon.

Jennifer Beningfield presented research work into contemporary architecture and landscape projects in South Africa.
The conference was held at Oxford University and brought together leading architects and researchers from the UK and abroad over a three day period. Jennifer Beningfield's paper was selected for publication in ARQ, as a result of this conference.

Jennifer Beningfield was invited to be the opening speaker on the meaning of landscape at this conference at one of South Africa's leading universities.
She was also a judge of work for the Des Baker Award at the same event.

We were part of a group of young architects and performers who presented a session at the conference in Paris, organised by the Society of Architectural Historians.