Urban-Think Tank develops low-cost housing for South African slum
Urban-Think Tank has completed the next phase of its Empower Shack project, bringing safe low-cost housing to residents of South Africa's informal settlements. More
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SAOTA completes "challenging" restoration of Gilbert Colyn's modernist Cape Town home
Stefan Antoni of South African architecture studio SAOTA has refurbished a modernist villa overlooking Cape Town and reorganised its open interior to make it better suited to contemporary living. More
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Thomas Heatherwick: "There was a real worry about whether we could get people to come inside"
In an exclusive interview with Dezeen, designer Thomas Heatherwick reveals how he overcame early fears that no one would visit the art galleries in his new Cape Town art museum. More
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Thomas Heatherwick reveals Zeitz MOCAA art galleries carved out of Cape Town grain silo
Thomas Heatherwick has created South Africa's biggest art museum – by hollowing out the inside of a historic grain silo building. More
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Glazed corners peel back to allow sea breezes into Malan Vorster's Cape Town house
The living spaces of this seaside house in Cape Town are lined with sliding glass walls that can be pulled aside to connect the interiors with a series of external decks, patios and balconies overlooking the ocean. More
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Pink Cape Town house by The Fold Architects features rooftop pool and vertical garden
A rooftop swimming pool offers views over Cape Town from this house, which was designed by local studio The Fold Architects with pink-painted walls to offset a verdant vertical garden. More
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Luxury hotel opens inside Heatherwick's converted grain silo in Cape Town
The first part of Heatherwick Studio's renovation of a former grain silo building in Cape Town's harbour has been completed, with the opening of a hotel featuring bulging windows. More
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Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital combines concrete and brick with colourful details and big windows
Sheppard Robson and John Copper Architecture have completed a children's hospital in Johannesburg, which features brick facades and large windows that allow patients to take in the landscaping. More
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Mountainside villa by SAOTA frames Cape Town's spectacular scenery
A+Awards: South African studio SAOTA received a 2016 Architizer A+Award for this residence in Cape Town, which enjoys views of the area's dramatic rock formations. More
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Malan Vorster's treehouse-like residence offers views of Cape Town forest
Four cylindrical towers are elevated on stilts to create this retreat in Cape Town, which was designed by local studio Malan Vorster to offer views among the trees. More
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Jan Sofka takes cues from Japanese home for rural residence near Cape Town
Stone, brick and wood introduce subtle textures to this house near Cape Town, which was designed by architect Jan Sofka to resemble a Japanese home spotted on Dezeen. More
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Steyn Studio's chapel frames dramatic views of South African countryside below its sinuous roof
A bright white canopy undulates above the glazed walls of this chapel outside Cape Town, framing views right through it to scenic mountains, vineyards and pomegranate orchards. More
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Snøhetta presents memorial arch to Desmond Tutu at Design Indaba
Architect Snøhetta has revealed a prototype of an arch in honour of South African anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu, which will be built near the National Parliament in Cape Town. More
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Concrete garden pavilion by Metropolis offers outdoor dining to a Cape Town villa
South African studio Metropolis has completed a concrete pavilion in the grounds of a house in Cape Town, featuring sheltered seating and dining areas with views of nearby Table Mountain (+ slideshow). More
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Pearl Bay Residence provides ocean views from South African coast
Glass sliding doors surrounding the living areas of this coastal house in South Africa can be retracted to create open-air spaces overlooking the ocean (+ slideshow). More
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David Adjaye to turn Johannesburg high-rise into plant-covered apartment block
Adjaye Associates has unveiled a proposal to transform a 1970s industrial building in Johannesburg into luxury apartments and a hotel, with balconies covered in plants (+ slideshow). More
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Slot windows offer starry views from Swartberg House by Openstudio Architects
Small slots based on the position of constellations puncture the walls of this South African house by Openstudio Architects, bringing light in during the day and offering starry views at night (+ slideshow). More
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Boomslang walkway by Mark Thomas and Henry Fagan extends over a forest canopy
Cape Town architect Mark Thomas and engineer Henry Fagan have completed a sinuous wooden walkway that meanders through the treetops of a botanical garden on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain (+ slideshow). More
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Urban-Think Tank develops housing prototype for South African slums
Design strategy collective Urban-Think Tank has designed and built a prototypical house as part of an initiative to improve housing conditions for slum dwellers in some of the 2700 informal settlements across South Africa (+ movie). More
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Heatherwick unveils gallery inside grain silos for Cape Town's V&A Waterfront
News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled plans to create a new art gallery at the V&A Waterfront museum in Cape Town by hollowing out sections of a grain silo complex. More
