Architecture World’s biggest wooden structure Architecture June 6, 2011 World’s biggest wooden structure It’s a waffle, it’s an umbrella, it’s an abomination, it’s a revelation! No, wait, it’s the brand-new Metropol Parasol, a 30m-high wooden “cloud” that hovers at the heart of Seville’s medieval inner city. Full Article
Architecture Ontwerp om te hou Architecture June 3, 2011 Ontwerp om te hou Heidi en Selwyn Arenstein, een van die Goudstad se eerste kontemporêre ontwerpspanne, het hulle Future Classics-winkel uit Rosebank geskuif — en terselfdertyd sommer hulle ontwerpfilosofie in ’n nuwe rigting gestuur. Full Article
Architecture Student centre, Rotterdam Architecture June 1, 2011 Student centre, Rotterdam An amazing design for a new student centre at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam was unveiled earlier this year. We want this kind of design on our campuses too! Full Article
Design Caeserstone Design Award 2011 Design May 27, 2011 Caeserstone Design Award 2011 Caeserstone is asking interior design and architecture students to design a space which reflects “the range of what our lives are about” for the 2011 Caeserstone Design Awards, which boasts a prize worth R50 000. Full Article
Architecture Sir Herbert Baker lecture Architecture May 24, 2011 Sir Herbert Baker lecture No plans for this evening? If not, we highly recommend that you get to Andre van Graan’s lecture on Sir Herbert Baker held by The Fine and Decorative Art Society of Cape Town. Full Article
Architecture Die Es Architecture May 23, 2011 Die Es Die gesinshuis wat Gwen en Gabriel Fagan in 1965 met hulle eie hande gebou het, is byna ’n halwe eeu later steeds ’n aangrypende voorbeeld van die streeksgepaste argitektuur waarvoor dié legendariese argitek bekend is. Full Article
Architecture International architects to hit our shores Architecture May 17, 2011 International architects to hit our shores Top international architects are set to hit South African shores in June to present an exciting design masterclass and a series of public lectures. Full Article
Architecture Laat daar lig wees Architecture May 16, 2011 Laat daar lig wees Die Pretoriase argitek Thomas Gouws sorg vir ’n unieke vermenging van oud en nuut in hierdie dramatiese dog eenvoudige huis. Full Article
