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AfriSam-SAIA awards open for entry
Concrete is, after water, the second most used product on the planet. This building material has established a reputation as the foundation of economic development and is in high demand by society for use in various infrastructural developments.

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Tags: architecture, awards, sustainability, rousseau
February 8th, 2012

Today's starchitects
Architecture Now! 8 is out and although, for the second year running, no South African architects or buildings are featured, we still recommend this book as an essential work of reference.

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Tags: architecture, book
January 19th, 2012

The Timmelsjoch experience
An otherworldly looking concrete museum at the apex of one of Europe's most dramatic passes tells the story of a region that has born witness to centuries of intrepid travelers.

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Tags: architecture, concrete, crinkled, museum
December 20th, 2011

Winning streak
Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects have been scooping up the accolades for some of their recent work in South Africa and abroad.

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Tags: architecture, architect, awards
November 30th, 2011

Open-door policy
Although both Adèle Naudé Santos and Antonio de Souza Santos both teach and practise abroad, they left behind a little-known architectural legacy in Cape Town. VISI’s Managing Editor, Alma Viviers, got to explore five of these accomplished buildings on th

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Tags: architecture, tour
January 20th, 2012

Save the Werdmuller Centre
The Werdmuller Centre in Claremont fell under the spotlight in 2007 when it was proposed that this rare example of Corbusian Modernism be torn down.

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Tags: architecture, cape town, modernist, pipes
January 17th, 2012

Red die Werdmuller-sentrum
Die Werdmuller-sentrum in Claremont het in 2007 in die kollig beland ná ’n voorstel om dié eiesoortige voorbeeld van Le Corbusier-Modernisme te sloop.

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Tags: architecture, modernist
January 23rd, 2012

World Architecture Festival winners announced
The first twelve winning projects of the World Architecture Festival have been revealed. Unfortunately none of the South African projects in the running walked away with first prize but we’re still awfully proud of them all.

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Tags: architecture, competition
November 4th, 2011
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