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11 Jun 2018

School buildings affect productivity and health

By Staff Writer

Green improvements in school buildings positively impact on student performance, according to World Green Building Council report.
02 May 2018

Rewarding comfortable and sustainable architecture

By Staff Writer

The winning team for the South Africa stage of the Saint-Gobain MultiComfort Students Contest 2018 was announced on Friday 20 April at Saint-Gobain in Johannesburg.
05 Feb 2018

Sustainable practice for GBCSA's new Rosebank home

By Staff Writer

After tying up the final ends of its interior installation project early in December last year, Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) now holds the keys to its new custom-fitted sustainable offices in Rosebank. In an effort to help the organisation achieve a Green Star SA Interiors rating of its new Johannesburg headquarters, one...
03 Jan 2018

Sustainable Practice For Gbcsa’s New Rosebank Home

By Staff Writer

After tying up the final ends of its interior installation project in December last year, Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) now holds the keys to its new custom-fitted sustainable offices in Rosebank.
21 Nov 2017

Acoustic Ceiling System To Delight The Eyes And Ears

By Staff Writer

How often do we look up, and admire the ceiling inside a building? The aesthetic and acoustic role played by a ceiling cannot be underestimated, which is why Saint-Gobain Ecophon™ is continually developing products and systems that contribute to a good working environment by enhancing peoples’ wellbeing and performance. 
08 Nov 2017

Saint-gobain Gyproc Relaunches Bim Solutions

By Staff Writer

Saint-Gobain Gyproc recently launched an improved version of its building information modelling (BIM) Autodesk Revit Template, significantly updating the intelligent 3D model-based process to incorporate revisions, including the addition of ceiling systems as well as wall systems for GraphisoftArchiCad customers.
13 Oct 2017

Saint-gobain Gyproc Plasterboard Gets Global Greentag Certification

By Staff Writer

Saint-Gobain Gyproc’s range of RhinoBoard products for walls and ceilings recently achieved the prestigious Global GreenTag Certification earning GBCSA Level B.
11 Oct 2017

Africa’s Leading Architects Revealed!

By Staff Writer

At a gala awards ceremony held on the rooftop of the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, the inaugural Grand Prix and Category Winners of the Africa Architecture Awards were announced on the evening of Thursday, 28 September 2017.
07 Aug 2017

Dulux Wins “most Loved Paint Brand” Award

By Staff Writer

Dulux, manufactured by AkzoNobel, leading paint and coatings manufacturer, has won the 2017 TGI Ask Afrika Icon Brand award for the most-loved paint brand in South Africa for six consecutive years.
07 Aug 2017

Africa Architecture Awards Shortlist

By Staff Writer

The inaugural Africa Architecture Awards, founded by Saint-Gobain, attracted an unprecedented number of entries for an architecture awards programme in its first edition. More than 500 projects registered to enter the awards before the closing date of 14 July 2017, and a total of 307 projects from across the continent, situated in 32 African countries,...
07 Aug 2017

Support to safeguard rhino

By Staff Writer

Build it, the specialised building material and hardware group, has partnered with Saint-Gobain Gyproc’s initiative to sponsor rhino anti-poaching efforts to help safeguard rhino.
10 Jul 2017

The First Pan-african Architecture Awards

By Staff Writer

The inaugural Africa Architecture Awards is noteworthy as the first dedicated Pan-African awards programme of its kind. Launched by founder Saint-Gobain, the awards aim to recognise and reward worthy projects from across the African continent, with one overall winner garnering a $10 000 grand prize.