Leading Architecture + Design

In celebration of the city of gold

Trend Group and HK Studio have designed a new head office for the main tenant at 5 Parks Boulevard, an international management consultant.
Out of the park

The new addition to the Oxford Parks Precinct in Johannesburg, designed by GLH Architects, makes a strong but elegant contribution to the unfolding development.
Walk this way

Village Walk in Pretoria East, designed by NEO Architects, is the latest addition to The Club Precinct, and aims to be an urban intervention as much as a retail precinct.
Personal views expressed

This bespoke coastal home in Gold Coast Estate in KwaZulu-Natal, designed by Craft of Architecture, embraces effortless living and serene ocean views.

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26 Aug 2024

Women in Architecture, Design and Engineering

This Women’s Month, Leading Architecture + Design celebrates a selection of women in architecture, design, engineering, construction and related fields.

23 Aug 2024

Seven decades of original, functional and creative architecture

A common thread throughout MDS Architecture’s remarkable longevity is the accurate interpretation of client requirements with creativity, originality and exemplary deliverables.

11 Apr 2024

Community-driven development

Tshakhuma Mall in the Vhembe district of Limpopo, designed by MDS Architecture, draws the community together using more than retail therapy.

21 Jun 2024

Low-rise landmark

Located in the heart of a well-established suburban node, Kent is an apartment block that exhibits a simple language emphasising its linear expression in response to climate and lifestyle.

21 Jun 2024

Learning curve

Peak Studios Student Accommodation in Observatory, Cape Town, designed by GASS Architecture Studios, repurposes and adds to an existing heritage building to optimise the functional and urban potential of the site.

21 Jun 2024

Haus of machines

This private motorcycle museum in Bryanston, Johannesburg, was designed by Rebel Base Collective so that it could later be transformed into a home.

21 Jun 2024

Creating space for luxury living at Exeter Estate with Terraforce

Each wall is fitted with subsoil drainage and sand drainage layers running along the back of the cut embankments.

06 Feb 2024

The real lost city

The design of Lefika Villas, a new high-end luxury accommodationoffering at the Sun Vacation Club, with architecture, landscapingand interiors by Boogertman + Partners, was inspired by the real‘Lost City’ of the greater Sun City resort.

06 Feb 2024

Think Pink

The Flamingo, a playfully and curvaceously sculpted apartment building in Sea Point designed by Robert Silke & Partners for Signatura, presented an opportunity to sidestep convention and transcend the norm for residential developments.

06 Feb 2024

Field work

A new Space Weather Centre building in Hermanus, designed by AVNA Architects,was inspired by the beautiful magnetic fields that the scientists in the building study.

08 Feb 2024

Moving mountains

Boogertman + Partners has completed a new headquarters for the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) in Pretoria, taking inspiration from SA’s varied landscapes and topographies to create an inclusive architectural landmark.