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Angola's hydropower revolution risks
Angola's hydropower revolution risks
If not carefully managed, hydro-electric schemes along Angola's Kwanza River could have severe environmental impacts... read
Architecture & Design
Disrupting expensive city housing with Big World Homes
Disrupting expensive city housing with Big World Homes

Lindsay Samson

Affordable, flat-packed homes that rethink the way people live... read
Classic meets modern in Claremont at The Citadel
Classic meets modern in Claremont at The Citadel
Located next to Cavendish Shopping Centre in Claremont, The Citadel, a four-star green building, was officially opened this week as the new head office of wealth management business Citadel... read
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Marriott to open eco-friendly Element Hotel in Cairo
Marriott International has announced their plans to debut stylish eco-incubator brand, Element Hotels, in Egypt early in 2019... read
Building Materials & Equipment
Cees van der Burg, Welfit Oddy
2016 Sassda Columbus Stainless Steel Awards winners announced
The 39 winners in the 2016 Sassda Columbus Stainless Steel Awards were recently announced. This year's winners were drawn from a broader spectrum of sectors due to an expansion in the number of categories... read
Construction & Engineering
All systems go for Northern Cape mega water project
All systems go for Northern Cape mega water project
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane will on Friday, 21 October, turn the sod for the construction of the R18bn Vaal Gamagara Water Project in the Northern Cape... read
Neighbours and building plans
Neighbours and building plans

Chantelle Gladwin and Maike Gohl

This article considers the legal standing of neighbours to object to, and prevent, the approval of building plans... read
City Power empowers engineering students
City Power empowers engineering students
City Power has employed 24 electrical engineering students as part of its contribution to give unemployed youth much needed work experience... read
Property Development
Lazercor relaunches phase two of Cecilia Square development in Paarl
Lazercor relaunches phase two of Cecilia Square development in Paarl
Cecilia Square in Paarl is relaunching phase two of the building development. Lazercor Developments will further incorporate green features to the second office building retaining its four-star Green Star SA Office Design status... read
Internet access facilitating bricks and mortar retail development
Internet access facilitating bricks and mortar retail development
Future South African retail development is as much intertwined with the digital world as it is with bricks and mortar: small is the new big and a mix of convenience tenants (gyms, high-end shopping and office space) is in hot demand... read
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Cape Quarter - past, present, future
The Cape Quarter, through its evolution, aims to be one of the most iconic and desirable mixed-use centres in the Cape Town CBD... read
Smart Buildings
Home of the future
Home of the future

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How the homes of the future are going to be run, and what this means for us... read
Sustainable Development
Here's what happened at Habitat III
Here's what happened at Habitat III

Vanesa Castán Broto

Habitat III - the United Nation's global conference on the future of cities - has come to a close... read
Stress on sustainability at UN Habitat conference
Stress on sustainability at UN Habitat conference
The UN Habitat III event got underway this week with a goal to establish a New Urban Agenda for the next 20 years... read
How should we plan the cities of tomorrow?
How should we plan the cities of tomorrow?

Michael Keith, Andreza de Souza Santos and Nichola

The UN estimates that more than six billion people will live in cities by the year 2045 - compared with fewer than four billion today... read
In Quito, the world meets to discuss the future of cities
In Quito, the world meets to discuss the future of cities

Barbara Norman and John Colin Reid

As the global population grows from seven to nearly ten billion by 2050, we will need to build the equivalent of a city of one million people every five days to house them... read
Utilities
SA enters into water agreement with Italy
SA enters into water agreement with Italy
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has signed a landmark water cooperation agreement with Italy... read
Renewables cheaper than coal - CSIR
Renewables cheaper than coal - CSIR

Lutho Mtongana

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and energy experts have called for the Department of Energy to factor in the latest research on renewables, which shows that solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind energy are 40% cheaper than coal, before it approves and publishes the latest Integrated Resource Plan (IRP)... read
Business
#FeesMustFall: Business calls for a good, hard look at the skills the country really needs
#FeesMustFall: Business calls for a good, hard look at the skills the country really needs

Ryan Ravens

Can we justify free tertiary education, when there's a greater need for a robust social security system? Does SA need more poets and politicians, when artisans are what will grow the economy?... read
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