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Joburg’s Finest – The Gauteng Institute for Architecture Awards
by Shaakira Chohan It’s that time of the year when Hollywood’s Awards Season has many colleagues around the office chatting frivolously about merits, fashion and risqué performances. So instead of...
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3 schools leading in sustainable architecture
by Shaakira Chohan Sustainability is no longer a ‘buzz’ word. It is, or it should be, an established imbued path of our design, our lifestyle, our ethics. The AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable...
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Mandela’s built legacy and a new dawn for african architecture
by Lesley Lokko As the spotlight falls on Africa following the death of Nelson Mandela, a timely exhibition on the continent’s built environment gives cause for hope. Last month in Munich, a group of...
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Newtown’s New Kid On The Block
by Shaakira Chohan The creative brainchild of Arthur Blake, Managing Director of Citiq Property Developments, brings this fun, bold, colourful stamp on the Newtown skyline has had the city curious...
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Bridging communities through design
In Cape Town, design is effecting real change. Faith47, one of South Africa’s most famed contemporary artists, is known for her stunning street murals. Lyall Sprong is one of the founders of the...
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Can Cape Town’s apartheid structure be undone?
The Guga S’Thebe Arts and Culture Centre in Langa, which housed the Density Syndicate from the 12th to the 16th May (photo by Anna Brown) Living in the Cape Town CBD, I forget that the area of the...
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Photo Diary: Alexander Forbes Headquarters
by Shaakira Chohan The Alexander Forbes Headquarters, located in the Sandton district of Johannesburg is a revolutionary development. It is an accredited five-star ‘Green Star’ rated building due to...
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FUTURE GOLD COAST | Development Updates
16th May 2015 Varsity Lakes sees the development of the “Brooklyn Apartments” on Varsity Parade commencing soon on the corner of Varsity Parade & Main St Varsity Lakes. The high exposure corner...
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FUTURE CAPE TOWN | How to Make an Attractive City
“Cities are big deal.. we pretty much all have to live in them , we should try hard to get them right” The founder of London’s The School of Life Alain de Botton features a manifesto that explains how...
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FUTURE CAPE TOWN | Development Updates
09 June 2015 Building of the University of Cape Town’s exciting new Capex project – the New Lecture Theatre (NLT) – started in mid-November 2014. The new building, which is expected to be completed...
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Architecture planting The SEED in townships
‘Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world’. (Nelson Rohlihlala Mandela) In the last week, the country’s education system came under scrutiny once again with the...
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Questions over a new ‘Centenary’ City for Nigeria
By Nnimmo Bassey The plan to build a city within Abuja to commemorate one hundred years of the colonial amalgamation of the units that make up what is today known as Nigeria raises issues of validity...
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FUTURE CAPE TOWN | Development Updates
Manenberg urban transformation Manenberg has been identified as a key area for urban transformation. The community is plagued by gang violence and drug abuse which poses great danger to its...
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FUTURE LAGOS | Office Developers Finally Respond to Parking Problems
“… some developers dismiss parking facilities from their development checklist and push the burden over to tenants.” Lagosians have become accustomed to the inherent problems that come with inadequate...
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FUTURE CAPE TOWN | Photo Essay: How Warren Papier captures what you are missing
“I really see my creative outputs and instagram as a tool to inspire others to be more observant and open to what’s going on around them.” Architect and documentary photograph Warren Papier documents...
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FUTURE CAPE TOWN | Top 20 articles of 2015
1. Why young urbanists made their own city plan for Helsinki Future Cape Town editor Rashiq Fataar speaks to Timo Hämäläinen, a planning activist and Urban Finland blogger based in Helsinki. Read it...
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Are our parks designed for crime? The case of Rhodes Park | FUTURE JOBURG
“Rhodes Park is a prime example of the plight of public spaces and of crime in Johannesburg. “ Public parks should be accessible to all citizens, but what is to be done when these spaces become unsafe?...
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What to do about the Good Hope Centre : Towards a new framework for public...
“The main factor which is lacking in the City of Cape Town’s plan for the Good Hope Centre is the plan itself.” In January 2016 the City of Cape Town extended the temporary leasing period of the Good...
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V&A Waterfront announces R700 million ‘Canal District’
New mixed-use district will be home to British American Tobacco SA head office The R700 million first phase of a new district at the V&A Waterfront is underway with a corporate head office for...
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How affordable housing can be delivered by the private sector : A case study...
Mismatch between places of work and residence in Cape Town – Source: Turok, 2001. Kate Hogarth was a finalist in the Royal Town Planning Institute Student Award in Research Excellence, and received a...
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