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Thinking inside the box 7: Hugh Fraser

Architecture March 18, 2014

Thinking inside the box 7: Hugh Fraser

Architect Hugh Fraser has fused together concrete and containers to create an interesting alternative to the traditional family home.

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Thinking inside the box 6: Ellis & Associates Architects

Architecture March 18, 2014

Thinking inside the box 6: Ellis & Associates Architects

One quarter of the container used by Ellis & Associates Architects in the Waiting for Change project is buried in a rock face in the Bo-Kaap. The remainder cantilevers over the informal settlement below.

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Lifestyle

All the city’s a stage

Lifestyle March 17, 2014

All the city’s a stage

Last week was the irrepressibly contagious Infecting The City Public Arts Festival, which turned Cape Town’s central streets into a stage. Photographer Sydelle Willow Smith shot this striking photo essay of highlights.

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Architecture

Thinking inside the box 5: 26’10 South Architects

Architecture March 17, 2014

Thinking inside the box 5: 26’10 South Architects

26’10 South Architects has created a DIY-home kit that can be built wherever a road or helicopter can take you — the inspiring Karoo landscape, for instance.

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Decor

Decorex Durban 2014 highlights

Decor March 17, 2014

Decorex Durban 2014 highlights

Creating interiors unique to individuals was the key trend at Decorex, which took place at the Durban Exhibition Centre from the Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 March. Browse the photo gallery for our highlights.

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Architecture

Thinking inside the box 4: Strey Architects

Architecture March 17, 2014

Thinking inside the box 4: Strey Architects

Friedrich Strey has used shipping containers to create a cosy chalet fit for any ski resort. He has also eliminated problems caused by a container’s awkward dimensions by developing an alternative unit called Modul8.

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Architecture

Innercity drool

Architecture March 17, 2014

Innercity drool

The Townhouse in Maboneng is an Ã¼ber-chic man cave with the kind of modcons and furnishings that would satisfy Batman himself.

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Decor

Smart Idea: Get sorted

Decor March 17, 2014

Smart Idea: Get sorted

With open-plan living, there’s no space for drawers and handy bits and bobs. So we turned some stackable tomato-on-the-vine boxes, found in a greengrocer’s backyard, into a nifty (and cool-looking) storage kit.

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