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Exploring the ethos behind Dexter Moren's bespoke design approach
[Robin Fredericks] The new Tsogo Sun SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl and the StayEasy Cape Town City Bowl enables both business and leisure travellers of all budgets a place to explore what Cape Town has to offer... read
Architecture & Design
SACSC president Malcolm Horne and Nedbank Corporate Investment Banking's Robin Lockhart-Ross with Spectrum Award winner representatives from Menlyn Park Shopping Centre.
#SACSCCongress: 2017 Retail, Design and Development Awards winners announced
The 2017 Retail, Design and Development Awards (RDDA) winners were announced on the opening day of the SACSC Annual Congress in Cape Town... read
Developers need to think out of the box and see themselves as ‘city builders' - Erky Wood
Developers need to think out of the box and see themselves as ‘city builders' - Erky Wood
Erky Wood presented the third Roelof S. Uytenbogaardt UDISA Memorial Lecture at the Wits Planetarium on 12 September... read
The Paul Klee Centre in Bern, Switzerland, looks great, but where are the people? ,
Google architecture and what do you see? And what's a building without people?

Samantha Hall

Think about where you spend most of your day - home, your office, or university. How does this space make you feel? What do you love (or hate) about it? read
Trends in commercial property and the changing nature of risk
Trends in commercial property and the changing nature of risk

Pieter van den Berg

The business and commercial property landscape is changing as a result of mass urbanisation and population growth... read

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Construction & Engineering
NHBRC appoints Mziwonke Dlabantu as new CEO
NHBRC appoints Mziwonke Dlabantu as new CEO
The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) has appointed Mziwonke Dlabantu as CEO with effect from 1 October 2017... read
Opacity over construction pact is risky
Opacity over construction pact is risky

Mark Allix

There has been no full public disclosure by the Department of Economic Development and seven JSE-listed construction and engineering groups over their signing of a voluntary transformation agreement... read
2017 MBSA Congress tackles triple challenge of poverty, unemployment, inequality in SA
2017 MBSA Congress tackles triple challenge of poverty, unemployment, inequality in SA
The 112th annual Master Builders South Africa (MBSA) Congress, under the theme 'Building South Africa Together', kicked off on Monday, 11 September, at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town... read
Materials & Equipment
SAPPMA Pipes XI Conference focuses on sustainability and invention
SAPPMA Pipes XI Conference focuses on sustainability and invention
The SAPPMA Pipes XI Conference took place in Gauteng earlier this month, covering issues relating to plastic piping, water infrastructure and engineering... read
Property Development
New 15,000m2 Mediclinic hospital for Stellenbosch
New 15,000m2 Mediclinic hospital for Stellenbosch
Atterbury is developing the new R350m, 15,000m2 Mediclinic hospital in Stellenbosch... read
Sustainable Development
Heidi van Eeden
Heidi van Eeden wins at Regional LafargeHolcim Awards
South African architect Heidi van Eeden was announced the winner in the Next Generation category of the Regional LafargeHolcim Awards held recently in Nairobi, Kenya... read
New GBCSA Sustainable Precincts Tool piloted at Sandton Gate
New GBCSA Sustainable Precincts Tool piloted at Sandton Gate
Developers of the Sandton Gate mixed-use development Abland and Tiber are targeting a Green Star certification for the whole precinct under the Green Building Council South Africa's (GBCSA) new Green Star Sustainable Precincts tool... read
Durban North property with green-energy leanings including conservation of rain water, solar heating and home automation. Image source: Pam Golding Properties
More homeowners, buyers embracing ‘green' features
While the commercial sector has led the charge in terms of green building initiatives and ratings, the residential property market is now also embracing this trend... read
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Dubai developers unveil mega projects despite downturn
Property developers in Dubai showcased new multibillion-dollar mega-projects on Monday, 11 September, despite falling prices... read
Apple Park
Apple 'spaceship' nestled in Earthly oasis
Apple's new "spaceship" headquarters peeked above a nearby hillside as the sun shined gloriously through towering glass walls of the entryway to Steve Jobs Theater... read
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ECA calls for urgent action in tackling climate change
There's a greater urgency for climate action in light of the severity, frequency and rate of climate-related disruptions across the world, says ECA executive secretary... read
Trevor Hoole, former CEO of KPMG SA
Heads roll at KPMG after Gupta investigation
Eight of KPMG SA's senior executives have "resigned", following KPMG International's investigation... read
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