BUSINESS AND LIFE Office Building Architecture

SAIA Officers

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Keywords: News, SAIA presidency, Kevin Bingham, Maryke Cronje, inducted, Luyanda Mpahlwa, Vice-President, Lauren Haiden, Jan Ras

UKZN

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Keywords: News, Camrin Plaatjies, PG Bison competition, Johannesburg, University of Free State

In Memoriam

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Keywords: News, Berry Upton, Overflow Design Architects, UKZN and DUT, Stauch Vorster, FGG

BUSINESS and LIFE Office building Architecture

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Architect(s): Norman Foster and Associates, designworkshop : sa, SLD, Bloc Architects, Hallen, Theron & Partners, Barry St Leger-Denny

Author(s) Paul Nel

Location(s) La Lucia Ridge, Silicone Valley

Keywords: transforming needs of commercial office spaces, informs buildings and precincts, office developments, stand-alone buildings, maximise bulk, development potential, maximum returns on investment, social and technical demands, sense of purpose, creative collaborative work force, indigenous park, ocean vistas, interface and interaction, wellness, open common spaces, leasable space, corporate campuses, user-centric grouping of commercail spaces, communal casual spaces, exchange of ideas, biophilic design, increases productivity and creativity, natural light, plant material, tactile natural surfaces, visual and physical interfaces, Bellevue campus, passive cooling, landscaped courtyar, public transport networks, adaptable work environments, urban model, pedestrianised landscaping, street art, mixed use, activity generators, Hulett's Head office, Glass House

Illovo and Growthpoint Ridgeview Offices

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Architect(s): Elphick Proome Architects

Author(s) Paul Nel

Location(s) Ridgeside, Umhlanga

Keywords: Gateway Shopping Centre, Umhlanga's new urbanism, bespoke solution, multi-tenanted, consolidated campus, open office plates, service cores, stepped podium, semi-basement parking levels, inversely stepped facade, expansive views, iconic forms, fritted glass solar fins, visually permeable building skin, 5-Star Green Star SA, triple-volume space, inclement sun, Karl Beath

JT Ross House and Lion Match Park

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Architect(s): Dean Jay Architects

Author(s) Paul Nel

Location(s) Umgeni Road, Durban

Keywords: multi-use commercial campus precinct, Union Style, Kings Park Rugby Stadium, industrial zoning, Ad hoc, genres, decluttering, demolition, cohesive development, tropical garden setting, re-green, landscaped elements linking buildings, contemporary clean-lined modernist office, sea and city, Moses Madhiba stadiums, cantilever, heritage protected, Andrew Griffin Photography

Milkwood Office Park

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Architect(s): Paul Nel Architects, Bloc Architects

Author(s) Paul Nel

Location(s) Douglas Saunders Drive, La Lucia Ridge, Umhlanga

Keywords: common space, guidelines. planning, interface, conservation zone, maximising the north-south aspect, aerofoil louvres, solar gain, indigenous landscaped, basement parking, ventilation voids, naturally ventilated, open floor plates, central service cores, flexibility and growth, Peter Oravecz

Town Square

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Architect(s): MAP Architects, Charles Taylor, Jarryd Murray

Author(s) Paul Nel

Location(s) Umhlanga

Keywords: 4 star, green star rated, mixed use commercial and retail development, core theme, campus, inclusive mix tenants, corporates, smaller start-ups, artisanal offerings, heart of Umhlanga Ridge, street interaction, public square, Pedestrian movement patterns, public corridors, Chris Saunders Park, long ramps

George Elphick and Nick Proome are 29th Sophia Gray laureates

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Architect(s): George Elphick, Nick Proome

Author(s) Prof. Walter Peters

Location(s) University of Free State, Bloemfontein

Keywords: Evolution, Architecture SA, work at risk, action, House Elphick, tollgate, Westway Office Park, EPA Studio, Award for Excellence, Investec regional head office, Johnson Murray Architects, associate, 29th lecture, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa's first women architect, memorial lecture, Olievenhuis Art Gallery, Pierre Roetz, SAIA-KZN members

2017 SAIA-KZN Awards Ceremony

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Architect(s): Koop Design, FGG Architects, Elphick Proome Architects, designworkshop : sa, Jeremy Steere and Sphephelo Mhlongo, Dean Jay Architects, Architecture Fabrik, eThekwini Municipality Architecture Department

Location(s) AHA Waterfront Hotel, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Durban

Keywords: Ruben Reddy, eThekwini deputy mayor, Cllr Fawzia Peer, Bluecrane residence, K-RITH tower, RCL foods, Pixley House, RBIDZ entrance, House Hoal, Ad Coelum, Hammarsdale Container Traders' Shelters

Rodney Choromanski wins Africa Architecture Awards Grand Prix

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Architect(s): Rodney Choromanski, CNN Architects

Author(s) Prof. Walter Peters

Location(s) Rick Turner and Vusi Mzimele Roads

Keywords: inaugural Awards programme, Built category, Zeitz MOCAA museum, uMkhumbane Cultural Place, critical dialogue, preserve rich cultural and political heritage, Cato Manor, apartheid era removals, DMOSS, flood plain, gas pipeline servitude, original brief, changed brief, Cultural Place, museum curatorship, contemporary culture and heritage, converge, tool for social and ecological regeneration, cultural park, public space, galleries, forced removals, women and families, struggle for freedom, community exhibitions, installation exhibitis, concession areas, stalls for traders, innovative facilities, tour routes, cylinder, crescent-shaped plan, atrium, Reinforced Concrete Frame, perforated aluminium, bird life, shaping of building materials, monument of commemoration, Zulu monarch Goodwill Zwelithini, Queen Thomozile, domestic worker, reinterred