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One Thousand Museum Photographed by Hufton+Crow
One Thousand Museum is a 62-storey residential tower opposite Museum Park in Miami. With views across Biscayne Bay, this popular 30-acre park was redeveloped in 2013 as one of downtown Miami’s primary public spaces and includes the city’s new art and science museums....
Sea Point Development Offers Exciting Opportunity for Buyers
On 20 February 2020, Blok launched its latest development, FOUR ON O. The new development concept, built on principles of compact, sustainable design and featuring Blok’s signature Raw finish, is nestled on Oliver and Lincoln Road in Sea Point; within walking distance...
Hillside Cascade
location: Camps Bay, Cape Town | architecture: GSQUARED Architecture + Interior Design | interior design: GSQUARED Architecture + Interior Design | photography: Niel Vosloo Photography A young Norwegian couple relocated to South Africa in 2010 and sourced this...
Coastal Creative
location: Zimbali, KZN | architects – Metropole Architects; Design Architect Nigel Tarboton; Project Architect David Louis | interior design – Olàlà Interiors | photographer – Grant Pitcher Located on the east coast of South Africa, this three-level structure is...
Special Edition F-PACE Chequered Flag Lands in South Africa
Jaguar’s award-winning F-PACE SUV now comes as a feature-packed Chequered Flag special edition in South Africa. The new Chequered Flag takes inspiration from Jaguar’s rich racing heritage with assertive exterior styling that includes a Sport front bumper and striking...
Sustainable Modernism
location: Floreat, Perth, Western Australia | architecture: Neil Cownie | interior design: Neil Cownie | photography: Michael Nicholson – MICNIC Says architect Neil Cownie: ‘In searching for the unique attributes of the site for Roscommon House, I looked to the...
AkzoNobel & the Rijksmuseum – Operation Night Watch
Inventive scientific research into colour, light and paint is at the core of the next phase of AkzoNobel’s trailblazing Operation Night Watch partnership with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Rembrandt’s masterpiece is undergoing the biggest and most innovative...
Art & Craft | Houtlander’s collaboration with BKhz
South African furniture studio Houtlander has a history of collaboration – with brands, other designers and artisans – and founders Stephen Wilson and Phillip Hollander’s openness to explore creative avenues and approaches gives their designs a refreshing newness that...
Cécile & Boyd to Showcase Contemporary African Designs
AAAA, a co-operation of artisans from Mali, is launching a pop-up exhibition of contemporary African designs based on traditional techniques in collaboration with Cécile & Boyd. The display will run at Cécile & Boyd’s landmark Kloof Nek Road destination in...
Double Take
location: Miami Beach, Florida, USA | architecture: blue, a design company, inc. | interior design: blue, a design company, inc. | photography: Venjhamin Reyes Florida is a much sought-after American state and Miami Beach a particular address. With its sub-tropical...
Vote for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa!
It’s time to cast your vote as Design Indaba runs the iconic Most Beautiful Object in South Africa competition until noon on 28 February 2020. This hyper-popular annual contest asks 10 industry mavens to nominate 10 objects that stand out for being not only...
Audi Snyman – Point of View
In ever-shrinking major centres globally, the enclosing of space is a responsibility of note. The same is true in South Africa – but there is more to consider: Architects design a built structure, but do they appreciate what will transpire within? How the interior...
Zaha Hadid Architect to build OPPO headquarters
Following the international competition, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been selected to build OPPO’s new headquarters in Shenzhen, China. OPPO launched their first phone in 2008, growing to become China’s leading smartphone manufacturer and the fifth largest...
Le Monumental Palace Porto – The Jewel in the Heart of Porto
Every step of each project has its personal touch, unique. Each creation is in its essence singular, where patterns and colours may be the same, but the feeling they exude is just one. And creating feelings and unique experiences is most likely to be paramount for...
Giorgetti – Object to Project
Giorgetti launches the new advertising campaign: the experience of living is a combination between design and architecture, a refined, international and timeless lifestyle. Architecture holds the centre of the stage, pure, rational and conceptual: attention to detail,...