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Young architect wins top award
A young architect whose first professional assignment was to design a series of police stations at key railway stations has won a top design award and is using all his prize money to create an Academy for Creative Excellence to help others succeed.
Mokena Makeka, 33, who graduated with a distinction in architecture and founded his own business mere months after completing his studies, won the top prize in the Design category of the Johnnie Walker Celebrating Strides Awards 2010.
Mokena, whose current project is the redesign of Cape Town Station for the new public transport system, has decided to put his R125 000 prize towards the establishment of the Academy for Leadership and Creative Excellence (ACE).
He says he believes an academy like ACE is essential to develop a creative sector in order to meet the challenges of a development state.
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