Cape Town: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Interiors Designers

  ARRCC

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  Apartment interiors

• Design Team

  Mark Rielly

• Project Year

  2015

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• Interiors Designers

  ARRCC

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Category

  Houses Interiors

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Adam Letch

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• Architects

  dhk Architects

• Location

  1st Floor The Annex 2 Energy Lane, Bridgeways Precinct, Century City, Cape Town, 7441, South Africa

• Category

  Residential

• Area

  10000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Dave Southwood, Wieland Gleich

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• Architects

  SAOTA

• Location

  Ciudad del Cabo, South Africa

• Category

  Houses Interiors

• Lead Architects

  SAOTA

• Project Team

  Phillippe Fouché, Nilene Slabbert, Mias Claassens & Thabiso Nkoane

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Adam Letch

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• Architects

  dhk Architects

• Location

  4 Steenberg Rd, Steenberg Estate, Cape Town, 7945, South Africa

• Category

  Museum

• Interior Designer / Restaurant and Bar

  Reddeco

• Interior Designer / Store and Gallery

  SpaceLIFT & Black Canvas

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Dave Southwood, Wieland Gleich

This article was made in partnership with Design Indaba, a website and annual festival that uncovers innovation for good. Click here to learn more about the annual event.

Niger-born architect Mariam Kamara shared how she is shifting perceptions of her home country at the 2019 Design Indaba Conference in Cape Town. Founder of the architecture and research firm atelier masōmī, Kamara was a software developer for several years before joining united4design, a global collective of architects working on projects in the U.S., Afghanistan and Niger. At the Design Indaba Conference, Miriam discusses her work and what it means to put people at the forefront of practice.

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• Architects

  Forte Architetti

• Location

  7 Bree St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa

• Category

  Offices Interiors

• Area

  232.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Adam Letch

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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