Using recycled containers, lightweight steel, borehole water, solar power architects at A4AC created this off-the-grid home in Northcliff. Architect Dirk Coetser tells us more about how the company's approach of "touching the earth lightly" informed the design of this AfriSam-SAIA Awards finalist. The winners will be…
Thomas Chapman, of Local Studio, designed Fulham Heights, a beautiful mix of old and new, and of work and play. The Brixton, Johannesburg building has been shortlisted for a AfriSam-SAIA award in sustainable architecture. The winners will be announced on 26 October in Cape Town.…
It has been said that Goldilocks would find everything in the right place should she choose to visit House Burnett Prinsloo. By any standard that is fine praise for Robert Jager's build, a finalist for the sustainable AfriSam-SAIA Awards which recognise excellence in sustainable design…
Like others, I was swept away by the excitement of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa when it first opened in the V&A Waterfront in September 2017. It’s an architectural achievement like nothing else on the continent and the first museum of its scale…