(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... Read more
About me
(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).
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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)
About me
Bachelor of Architecture University of Pretoria
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)