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FIRTH 114802 / Three14 Architects

January 26, 2015

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Architects: Three14 Architects
Area: 340 m²
Year: 2014

Kirstenbosch Centenary tree canopy walkway / Mark Thomas Architects

July 28, 2014

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Architects: Mark Thomas Architects
Professionals: Bernard James and Partners, Henry Fagan consulting engineerskon Services, Pro, Slingsby & Gaidien

In Images: South Africa's Stunning Treetop Walkway

June 28, 2014

The much anticipated Treetop Walkway through the Arboretum in Cape Town's Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden is now open to the public. Located 11 metres above the ground, the galvanised steel and timber structure offers breathtaking views from the treetops. The project, a collaboration between Mark Thomas Architects and Henry Fagan & Partners consulting engineers, has been nicknamed Boomslang - a large, highly venomous African tree snake - due to its elevated, twisting form. Check out the stunning photographs by Adam Harrower, a horticulturist at the garden, after the break.

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Students and Community Members Come Together to Construct Theater in Cape Town Township

June 28, 2014

The Guga S’Thebe Arts and Cultural Centre in Langa, Cape Town's oldest township, is expanding to include a theatre exclusively for children and adolescents. The main component of the theatre, set for completion this fall, will be a large, multi-functional space for hosting performances. The project, a collaborative effort between future users and international architecture students, is aimed at stimulating sustainable development while widening the possibilities for the target demographic. To check out more project images, continue after the break.

Cape Town Adopts Re-Blocking Strategy for Informal Settlements

May 22, 2014

The city of Cape Town has adopted a new strategy for improving informal settlements - re-blocking, "the reconfiguration and repositioning of shacks in very dense informal settlements in accordance to a community-drafted spatial framework." Re-blocking serves to create communal spaces, make neighborhoods safer, and improve dwelling structures - among many other things. To see how it has been implemented and where, head to Future Cape Town and continue reading here.

Heatherwick to Transform Cape Town's Grain Silo into Contemporary Art Museum

March 15, 2014

Imagine forty-two, 33 meter high concrete tubes each with a diameter of 5.5 meters, with no open space to experience the volume from within. The brief from the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) for London-based Heatherwick Studio was to "reimagine the Grain Silo Complex at Cape Town's V&A Waterfront with an architectural intervention inspired by its own historic character," calling for a "solution unique for Africa" in order to create "the highest possible quality of exhibition space for the work displayed inside." Heatherwick's response will be the creation of a "a new kind of museum in an African context."

The International School of Hout Bay / Luis Mira Architects + StudioMAS + Sergio Aguilar

February 22, 2014

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Architects: Luis Mira Architects, Sergio Aguilar, StudioMAS
Area: 1610 m²
Year: 2013
Professionals: ADVS Environmental Consultants, CNdV Landscape Architects, First Plan Town Planning, G McGill consulting & Element Engineers, Lovemore and Company, +1

PLAYscapes Competition Results Announced

October 13, 2013

"People tend to forget that play is serious." - David Hockney

PLAYscapes, an international design competition launched earlier this year asking people to "submit a plan or proposal to turn a neglected forgotten part of your city into a playscape," has announced their winning entries. Set up by Building Trust International, the competition called for "professional and student architects and designers from cities around the world to propose ideas which encouraged public interaction and turned redundant city spaces into fun creative places."

Find out more about the winning professional entry from the City of Cape Town, entitled Cape Town Gardens Skatepark, along with the winning student entry from the Lusiada University of Lisbon, entitled Bring a Pal and Have Fun, after the break...