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28 May 2015

Theatre Of Dreams

By Staff Writer

It was the unique location of the National Theater of Bahrain that inspired French architects, as.architecture-studio, to situate this 12,000m2 theatre facing the artificial lagoon of the National Museum, so as to preserve its views and, more importantly, its majestic profile towards the sea.

20 Apr 2015

Santam Gives Offices A Green Refurb

By Staff Writer

Ensuring that one of the nation’s leading insurers is best represented in the built environment is all in a day’s work for Inhouse Brand Architects. The corporate brand custodians for Santam’s built brand, Inhouse has created an interior brand manual for Santam and ever since has been responsible for rolling out the interior strategy for...

30 Mar 2015

Urban Puzzle Nears Completion

By Staff Writer

The Sandton skyline is forever shaped by the remarkable Alice Lane buildings designed by Paragon Architects. We spoke to the team behind this ambitious project as the last of the six buildings nears completion, about the technology that’s enabled them to push design boundaries.

22 Jan 2015

Design stars head for Guild design fair in February

By Staff Writer

Carlo Massoud will be at Guild As the world awakens to the economic potential of Africa, all eyes are on its sources and likely staying power. A leading supporter of design-driven economic growth, Southern Guild is putting the spotlight on the continent with GUILD, Africa’s only international design fair in Cape Town from 25 February...

21 Jan 2015

Smart shopping for smart homes

By Staff Writer

A novel website, WWW.STAND47.CO.ZA, allows visitors to take a step-by-step guided tour through a physical home using only a cell phone, tablet or desktop computer. Stand 47 is an award-winning concept house co-developed by Saint-Gobain, the world’s leading producer of contemporary building technology. The home was built to physically demonstrate the considerable benefits of building with...

20 Jan 2015

Plascon talks paint 2015

By Staff Writer

A new year always brings with it a new batch of paint trends. Plascon Colour Manager Anne Roselt gives some insight into those trends that will be influencing the design world this year. Plascon launched their 2015 Palette at Decorex Joburg in August last year and will be showcasing this colour forecast at Decorex Durban...

14 Jan 2015

Paragon's vision for new Sasol HQ pushes the boundaries

By Staff Writer

Sasol, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, is building its new corporate office on Katherine Street in Sandton, Johannesburg, and Paragon are the architects that took up the challenge. The vision for the new building was to somehow link the look of the new building to Sasol’s logo. The logo, which...