Library Special Projects

About

LSP creates immersive public spaces.

Our multidisciplinary team of architects, researchers, industrial designers, content developers, script writers, craftsman, project managers, interactive designers and graphic designers follow a research driven, collaborative approach to develop holistic projects from concept to completion.

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Directors

Frances Andrew
Gilbert Balinda
Stewart Barstow

Staff

Elson Mpande
Innocent Nhlapho
Matthew Ndlovu
Noel Ndlovu

Research & Planning

  • Business plans
  • Strategic plans
  • Feasibility studies
  • Tourism sustainability

Communications & Technology

  • Branding
  • Visitor interaction
  • Strategy & activations
  • Communications technology

Architectural Design & Build

  • Architecture & cultural site design
  • Project & contracts management
  • Exhibition & industrial design
  • Prototyping & building

Content & Narrative

  • Content development
  • Narrative planning
  • Scriptwriting
  • Storytelling

Contact

T: +27 (0) 10 203 9456
E: info@lib.co.za
A: 6 Cardiff Road
Parkwood
Johannesburg
2193

BEE

Library Special Projects is classified as an EME, making us Level 4 BBEEE compliant.

Registration

Library Special Projects t/a LSP
Registration Nº: 2012/014359/07

Professional Registrations

  • South African Council for the Architect Profession (SACAP)
  • South African Institute of Architects (SAIA)
  • Gauteng Institute for Architects (GIFA)
  • Rwandan Institute of Architects (RIA)
  • Odres des Architectes Belges (OAB)

2009

The Firewalker by William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx, book design and production production and project management, 2009, 2011

Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (Palama) Government Building Signage, archived design and production, 2009

‘Paper Wars’ Wits University Press, archived book design, 2009

‘Worthy Ancestors’ The Constitution of Public Intellectual Life Research Project, archived book design, 2009

Sasria Museum, content development, exhibition design and build, interactivity and touchscreens, 2021

Gauteng Women’s Biographies, book design, historical research, research and production, 2021

Struggle T-shirt Exhibition: Public Testimony and Political Protest, research and exhibition design, 2018

Singularity Summit Activation, event architecture, research and production, 2018

Alexandra Heritage Centre, exhibition design and build, 2018

Women’s Living Heritage Monument, exhibition design and build, 2018

Pilgrim’s Rest & Waterval Boven, strategic heritage development, 2018

Freedom Park Gallery of Leaders, exhibition design, 2017

Caledonian Soccer Stadium, playscapes and exhibition design, 2017

Fountains Valley Kiosk Revitalisation, exhibition design, 2017

ABSA L’Atelier Competition, design and build, 2017

National Heritage Monument Project, architectural design, 2017

KZN Natural Science Museum Dodo & Bat, exhibition design, 2016

Sam Nzima Cultural Centre, architectural and exhibition design, strategic heritage development, 2016

Struggle T-shirt, archived, research and exhibition design, 2016

Westgate Orientation Site, exhibition design and build, 2015

Wits University Anthropology Museum, architectural and exhibition design, 2015

Solomon Mahlangu Youth Museum, exhibition concept design, 2015

June 16 Memorial Acre, exhibition design and production, 2014

Solomon Mahlangu Freedom Square, design and production, 2014

Freedom Park //hapo, archived, production management, 2013

Delmas Treason Trial Commemorative Artwork, archived, design and production, 2013

JDA projects Bus Factory Exhibition, archived, exhibition design and implementation, 2013

Diepsloot Artworks Project, design and project management, 2013

Kliptown Freedom Charter Artworks, archived, design and project management, 2012

Constitution Hill Flame of Democracy, design and production, 2011

Hillbrow Murals, archived, design and project management, 2011

The Firewalker by William Kentridge and Gerhard Marx, book design and production, production and project management, 2009, 2011

Ernest Oppenheimer Park, design and production, 2010

Vilakazi Street Precinct Artworks, production and project management, 2010

Liliesleaf Museum Interactive Exhibit, content development, design and build, interactivity design, 2010

OSISA corporate ID, archived, design, 2010

Standard Bank Halakasha! Soccer Exhibition & Catalogue, design and production, 2010

Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (Palama) Government Building Signage, archived, design and production, 2009

‘Paper Wars’ Wits University Press, archived, book design, 2009

‘Worthy Ancestors’ The Constitution of Public Intellectual Life Research Project, archived, book design, 2009

Noria Mabasa Exhibition, archived, design and production, 2008

‘Footprints of the Class of 76: Commemoration, memory, mapping and heritage for the Hector Pieterson Museum’, archived, book design and production, 2008

Platform for Public Deliberation Lecture Series, archived, design and events management, 2006 - 2007

Apartheid Museum Memory Boxes, archived, design and production, 2006

Rusty Bernstein Memorial Exhibition, archived, research and production, 2005

South African History Archives, archived, publications and website, 2004 - 2005

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