Cape Town: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  GSQUARED

• Location

  Ciudad del Cabo, South Africa

• Category

  Houses

• Lead Architects

  Renato Graca, Francois Du Plessis

• Interior Design

  GSQUARED

• Contractor

  Pinnacle

• Area

  3939.5 ft2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Niel Vosloo

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• Architects

  dhk (Pierre Swanepoel, Martin Lardner-Burke, Theo Gutter)

• Location

  Battery Park, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

• Category

  Park

• Project Manager

  Igual (Ben Day)

• Area

  12000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Dave Southwood, Theo Gutter

Known for hosting the "best creative conference in the world," the Design Indaba Festival brings together internationally-acclaimed architects, designers, emerging talents, critics, and art enthusiasts all under one roof to discuss the importance of making the world a better place through design. Over the last two decades, the annual conference has centered on "design activism," with a focus on online design publications.

The multi-sensory event will take place in the heart of Cape Town from 27 February to 01 March 2019 in the Artscape Theater Center. The theater has been a pioneer in artistic expression and display for more than four decades, providing a platform of world-class productions and innovative sets.

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• Interiors Designers

  ARRCC

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  Houses

• Lead Architects

  SAOTA

• Project Team

  Philip Olmesdahl

• Photographs

  James Silverman

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• Architects

  SAOTA

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  Houses Interiors

• Interior Designer

  ARRCC

• Interior Decor

  OKHA

• Area

  1400.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Adam Letch & Stefan Antoni

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• Architects

  SALT Architects

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  Houses

• 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.

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• Architects

  SAOTA

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  Renovation

• Architects & Interior Architects

  Gilbert Colyn (1969) and SAOTA

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Adam Letch, Stefan Antoni

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• Architects

  Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  Houses

• Architect in Charge

  Pieter Malan, Jan-Heyn Vorster

• Area

  789.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Adam Letch

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• Architects

  Three14Architects

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  Houses

• 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.

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• Architects

  MLB Architects

• Location

  Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  University

• Architects in Charge

  Erik Janse van Rensburg, Peter Kraus, Xico Meirelles

• Area

  10000.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2014

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• Architects

  Inhouse Brand Architects

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  Adaptive reuse

• 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.

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• Architects

  Metropolis Design

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  Houses

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Wieland Gleich