Mr Nicolaas Oosthuizen

(Please refer to www.laboos.online for more information.)

Nicolaas Oosthuizen studied architecture (traditional 5 year course) at the University of Pretoria , South Africa. After graduating in 1991 he started work at Jacques Botha Architects Inc. in Pretoria, where he worked for 7 years as a junior architect. In 1999 he started his own architectural practice in Pretoria, namely OOS Architects Inc., where he worked for 8 years as a senior architect. In late 2007 he and his family moved to Adelaide in Australia where he has lived since, and worked at LAB OOS, a Design and Research firm until 2017. At the end of 2017 he made a decision to start teaching architecture. Accordingly in 2018 he was a lecturer in architecture at Waikato Institute of Technology in New Zealand.

Currently he is principal at LAB OOS, and also works at UniSA as lecturer and course coordinator (Building Evaluation at the Property School) and tutor (Architecture and Environment at the  Architecture School).

Warrina Homes (Old age care), Adelaide

Director - Board of directors

2010 – 2012 (3 years)

Warrina Homes (Old age care), Adelaide

Chairperson - Development committee   

Chairing their asset portfolio of $ 44 000 000 namely 100 homes, 80 unit high care facility and head office

2010 – 2012 (3 years)

SA Council for the Architectural Profession

Professional architect

1997 – 2007 (11 years)

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Architecture University of Pretoria

Work history

University of South Australia

Lecturer and Course Coordinator - Building Evaluation (Property)

Tutor - Architecture and Environment (Architecture)

2019 - Present

LAB OOS

Principal

2019 - Present

Waikato Institute of Technology, NZ

Lecturer and tutor - Architecture

2018 (1 year)

LAB OOS

Principal - design and research

2019 - Present

2008 - 2017 (10 years) 

O.O.S Architects Inc.

Senior architect

1999 - 2007 (8 years)

Jacques Botha Architects Inc.

Junior architect

1992 - 1999 (7 years)