conic brand, Cobra has become one of the first companies in the South African sanitaryware industry to set up a virtual showroom, which means that you will soon be able to experience all of Cobra’s products from the comfort of your home.
The aesthetic appeal and individuality of a building is determined by a unique façade which has the ability to translate design intent into striking reality. Few construction methods achieve this better than façade cladding.
Neither Duravit nor its designers – renowned for their work, every one of them – are interested in “design for…
Neither Duravit nor its designers – renowned for their work, every one of them – are interested in “design for design’s sake”. This is because good design is not just about looks, but equally about practicality and sustainability. On average, we spend more that 800 days of our lives in…
With home renovations a priority for many in this lockdown year, Chryso decorative concrete solutions supplied by a.b.e. Construction Chemicals…
With home renovations a priority for many in this lockdown year, Chryso decorative concrete solutions supplied by a.b.e. Construction Chemicals are increasingly in demand, says Peter Jones, a.b.e.’s National Sales Manager: Flooring. a.b.e., part of the Chryso Southern Africa Group, is experiencing particularly strong demand for four innovative and relatively new…
Office Design rating by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), a rating considered as demonstrating “World Leadership”. According to the…
Office Design rating by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), a rating considered as demonstrating “World Leadership”. According to the certification, the Ridge exceeded the base entry scorecard level of 75 for a 6 Star Office design rating, by achieving a total 80 design points. Of significance were the 9…
Iconic brand, Cobra has become one of the first companies in the South African sanitaryware industry to set up a virtual showroom,…
Iconic brand, Cobra has become one of the first companies in the South African sanitaryware industry to set up a virtual showroom, which means that you will soon be able to experience all of Cobra’s products from the comfort of your home. The showroom uses 3D renderings and videos to create a…
The aesthetic appeal and individuality of a building is determined by a unique façade which has the ability to translate…
The aesthetic appeal and individuality of a building is determined by a unique façade which has the ability to translate design intent into striking reality. Few construction methods achieve this better than façade cladding. Apart from the obvious aesthetic advantages, cladding offers excellent functional benefits such as reduced maintenance and…
In this regard, office-space planning is likely to shift away from ‘a place to sit and work’ to ‘a place…
In this regard, office-space planning is likely to shift away from ‘a place to sit and work’ to ‘a place to communicate, collaborate and build company culture’, reveals Paragon Group Director Estelle Meiring. “Despite the fact that the lockdown has shown that we can work from anywhere, it has also…
Den Braven Hybriflex-540 is ideal for use in dilation joints and joints in both interior and exterior pedestrian walkways and a…
Den Braven Hybriflex-540 is ideal for use in dilation joints and joints in both interior and exterior pedestrian walkways and a as a perimeter or weather seal around windows and door frames (metal, aluminium and wood) around sliding doors and skylights. Hybriflex-540 was the sealant of choice for a range of…
Working together with Avocado Vision, the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) and the Working for Water programme (WfW), Homewood identified an…
Working together with Avocado Vision, the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) and the Working for Water programme (WfW), Homewood identified an issue that required a swift solution – that of Invading Alien Plants (IAPs) in South Africa. Considering the destruction that these plants cause in the form of soil erosion, reduced…
Issue #6: “Visual Spaces of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations” Call deadline: February 2021Expected publication date: December 2021Expected International…
Issue #6: “Visual Spaces of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations” Call deadline: February 2021Expected publication date: December 2021Expected International Conference: September 2021 In the upcoming 6th edition of Sophia, ‘Visual Spaces of Change: photographic documentation of environmental transformations’, we are interested in original articles that may address the following issues:…
The V&A Waterfront will be among the first companies in South Africa to test a highly innovative new design in…
The V&A Waterfront will be among the first companies in South Africa to test a highly innovative new design in rainwater harvesting technology. The Aquatecture rain harvesting panel collects water by diverting raindrops flowing over the perforations on the surface to the inside of the system. From there the water…
Dulux, manufactured by AkzoNobel, this week launched its Colour FuturesTM 2021 palettes to set the tone for the year ahead. After…
Dulux, manufactured by AkzoNobel, this week launched its Colour FuturesTM 2021 palettes to set the tone for the year ahead. After extensive trend research by AkzoNobel and external experts around the world, Brave Ground has been revealed by AkzoNobel’s Colour FuturesTM – as the Colour of the Year for 2021. The colour…
Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the Johannesburg suburb of Melrose was part of one of the…
Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the Johannesburg suburb of Melrose was part of one of the original farms that made up the city. The suburb had its beginning when one of the original randlords bought land in the north of Johannesburg in 1893. He built his home there…
The 6th International LafargeHolcim Awards for projects and visions in sustainable construction attracted almost 5,000 entries by authors in 121…
The 6th International LafargeHolcim Awards for projects and visions in sustainable construction attracted almost 5,000 entries by authors in 121 countries. More than 40% of the projects were submitted in the Next Generation category for students and professionals up to 30 years of age.
By some estimates South Africa’s cultural and creative industries contribute around R63 billion per year to the economy (approximately 1.7%…
By some estimates South Africa’s cultural and creative industries contribute around R63 billion per year to the economy (approximately 1.7% of total GDP). South African born co-working office space provider Workshop17 believes that the rapidly growing flexible office industry can do more to support the local creative economy.
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