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04 Apr 2018

Habitat Apartments high-rise tower is Nairobi’s first ‘vertical village’

By Staff Writer

Architecture and interior architecture practice Paragon, in conjunction with Design Source of Nairobi, is overseeing Habitat Apartments in Kilimani, a 24-storey, 160-unit mixed-use apartment tower. Under development by Ekco Investments, the project is scheduled for completion by mid-2020. Habitat Apartments is a 24-storey, 160-unit mixed-use apartment tower in Kilimani, Nairobi. The design brief was for...
03 Apr 2018

Rosebank Link office development set to be a new steel-and-glass icon

By Staff Writer

Located in the heart of Rosebank, adjacent to the Gautrain Station, The Zone and Rosebank Mall, Rosebank Link by Redefine Properties is a new office development at 173 Oxford Road. This project will transform the current building into an expressive steel- and glass-clad shell icon. Rosebank Link by Redefine Properties is a new office development...
05 Feb 2018

TAL introduces new self-levelling screed

By Staff Writer

TAL has introduced TAL Superscreed SL to their underlayment range. This rapid-setting self-levelling and smoothing underlayment is designed with high flow properties to produce smooth durable floor surfaces prior to fixing floor covering. TAL Superscreed SL is ideal for residential and commercial installations. The rapid-setting formula means that the TAL Superscreed SL initial set is...
21 Sep 2017

Alice Lane 3 Adds ‘green Lung’ To Sandton Commercial Centre

By Staff Writer

The development of Alice Lane 3 allowed architecture, interior design, and space-planning practice Paragon to contribute to a much-needed ‘green lung’ in the heart of Sandton’s shopping precinct.
07 Sep 2017

Top Minds At Green Building Convention 2017

By Staff Writer

Five of the world’s top sustainability minds will headline this year’s Green Building Convention, South Africa’s leading sustainability event, which will take place in Cape Town from 9 – 11 October.
05 Sep 2017

Forging Future Architects

By Staff Writer

Architecture company dhk has kicked off a new partnership with the internationally recognised non-profit organisation Go for Gold, with two beneficiaries from its award-winning education-to-employment programme joining the architecture company’s Cape Town design studio as interns this year.
05 Sep 2017

Almighty Aluminium

By Staff Writer

Whether you are involved in a new build, or you are renovating your existing home – your choice of windows and doors is an important decision that will have a big impact in the overall final aesthetics and comfort of the building in question.
05 Sep 2017

Check Out Travelstart’s Progressive New Office Interior

By Staff Writer

Online travel agency and booking website Travelstart recently relocated its Cape Town headquarters to a two-and-a-half-storey set of offices in Longkloof Studios, located just off the bustling hub that is Kloof Street. Naturally, the company wished to set itself up in a working space that would reflect its efficiency and modernity. The initial interior design...
05 Sep 2017

Business Of Design: A Conference To Inspire The Way You Do Business

By Staff Writer

Business of Design returns to Johannesburg and Cape Town in October. The two-day conference that has had a positive impact on South African businesses since its inception in 2014 is led by some of the country’s top business experts and design professionals. While being inspirational, the conference also offers practical tools to affect immediate growth.
28 Apr 2017

Restored Art Deco Block In Vredehoek

By Staff Writer

“The Adelphi”, a gracious art deco block in Vredehoek, Cape Town’s City Bowl, is currently being restored and updated to its former glory. “We have had extensive consultations with Heritage Western Cape, and in fact the design of The Adelphi has been in partnership with them,” says Pierre Steenkamp, Managing Partner of Bespoke Residences –...
25 Apr 2017

Northern Kenya Eco-oasis

By Staff Writer

Located in the Laikipia County in Kenya; situated to the northeast of the Great Rift Valley, the high plains of Laikipia is recognised as one of Kenya’s best safari regions. With its elevation and views Arijiju, a private luxury residence, makes the most of this spectacular landscape while doing its utmost to preserve it.
06 Feb 2017

SPECTACULAR R15-MILLION CANOPY PROVIDES SHELTER TO 1 000m2 V&A QUAYSIDE PRECINCT

By Staff Writer

Although it covers an area of 1 000m2 of outdoor restaurant space, the new R15 million steel and glass canopy at the V&A Waterfront has met the client’s brief to its architects by being ‘99.9% invisible’.