Cape Town

+ 17

• Interiors Designers

  ARRCC

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Lead Architects

  SAOTA

• Project Team

  Philip Olmesdahl

• Photographs

  James Silverman

+ 24

• Architects

  SAOTA

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Interior Designer

  ARRCC

• Interior Decor

  OKHA

• Area

  1400.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Adam Letch & Stefan Antoni

+ 27

• Architects

  SALT Architects

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Lead Architect

  Gustav Roberts

• Area

  319.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Lindsay Ray Michael & Kevin Michael

The Arch for Arch, an intertwined wooden archway honoring Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has debuted in downtown Cape Town, South Africa on a site near Parliament where Tutu held many of his anti-Apartheid protests.

Designed by Snøhetta and Johannesburg-based Local Studio, in collaboration with Design Indaba and Hatch engineers, the Arch for Arch consists of 14 woven strands of Larch wood, representing the 14 chapters of South Africa’s constitution. Reaching nearly 30 feet tall (9 meters), the structure invite visitors to pass through and be reminded of the location’s prominent role in their country’s history on their way to the Company’s Garden, one of the most popular public spaces in the city since its establishment in 1652.

+ 13

+ 20

• Architects

  SAOTA

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Architects & Interior Architects

  Gilbert Colyn (1969) and SAOTA

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Adam Letch, Stefan Antoni

+ 36

• Architects

  Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Architect in Charge

  Pieter Malan, Jan-Heyn Vorster

• Area

  789.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Adam Letch

+ 45

• Architects

  Three14Architects

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Project Team

  Kim Benatar, Sian Fisher, Miles Appelgryn, Daniel Moreau

• Area

  650.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Adam Letch

This article, written by Svetlana Kondratyeva and translated by Olga Baltsatu for Strelka Magazine, examines the most interesting cases of the role of culture in sustainable urban development based on the UNESCO report.

UNESCO published the Global Report on Culture for Sustainable Urban Development in the fall of 2016. Two UN events stimulated its creation: a document entitled Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which emphasizes seventeen global goals for future international collaboration, was signed in September of 2015 at the Summit in New York. Habitat III, the conference held once in twenty years and dedicated to housing and sustainable urban development, took place in Ecuador in October of 2016. The question of culture’s role in urban development, and what problems it can solve, was raised at both events. To answer it, UNESCO summarized global experience and included successful cases of landscaping, cultural politics, events, and initiatives from different corners of the world in the report.

+ 19

• Architects

  MLB Architects

• Location

  Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

• Architects in Charge

  Erik Janse van Rensburg, Peter Kraus, Xico Meirelles

• Area

  10000.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2014

+ 21

• Architects

  Inhouse Brand Architects

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Area

  195.6 sqm

• Project Year

  2016

From Yaba in Lagos to the suburb of Bandra in Mumbai, Metropolis Magazine provides a scenic tour around the world’s “most creative” neighborhoods. Spread across ten rapidly growing cities like Cape Town and Turin, the article provides a comprehensive glimpse into these lesser discussed hubs of creativity.

+ 27

• Architects

  Metropolis Design

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Wieland Gleich

+ 24

• Architects

  Metropolis Design

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Architect in Charge

  Jon Jacobson, Mandi Pretorius

• Area

  843.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Wieland Gleich - ARCHIGRAPHY

+ 37

• Architects

  Elphick Proome Architects

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Area

  885.0 m2

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Dennis Guichard

+ 22

• Architects

  Kritzinger Architects

• Location

  Kings Rd, Sea Point, Cape Town, 8060, South Africa

• Quantity Surveyor

  Shevel & Simpson Quantity Surveyors

• Area

  2650.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Adam Letch