Content Tagged With "renovation"
Rubber underfoot
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The first thing that comes to mind when we think of rubber flooring is a karate dojo, so we were surprised to hear that Italian architects chose to use rubber when they renovated an antique Spanish market square into a childrens' civic centre.
Tags: architecture, renovation, floor
Beach babe gets a makeover
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An apartment that sat on the market because potential buyers thought it was “too small and poky” has recently been transformed into a contemporary, airy, beach-front bombshell.
Tags: beach house, renovation, flat pack
Ways with shutters
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Tired of dust-collecting curtains and blinds? Think shutters, writes Cape Town architect Nathalie Pencrec’h.
Tags: architecture, renovation, tips, mori mini cups
Timmer-truuk
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Agter een van die karaktervolle ou Victoriaanse kothuise in Oranjezicht, Kaapstad, skuil deesdae ’n verrassend kontemporêre aanbouing, maar jy sal dit nooit raai nie – tensy jy ingenooi word.
Tags: architecture, cape town, renovation, victorian house, wood, home
At the heart of Kayamandi
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Nestled in the “Long Street of Kayamandi”, AmaZink Eatery and the iKhaya Trust are housed in fresh, modest buildings that give hope to this Stellenbosch community.
Tags: restaurant, architecture, renovation
Kragtige transformasie
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Die afgelope 80 jaar het Turbine Hall voortdurend by die veranderende Johannesburg aangepas. Ná die jongste gedaanteverwisseling is dit die splinternuwe kantoor van AngloGold Ashanti, waar konferensies en ander groot geleenthede gehou word.
Tags: architecture, renovation
Die naguil se nes
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Vir die kunstenaar Kudzi Chiurai is kuns 'n weerspieeling van die lewe. Sy inspirasie is Johannesburg se polsende middestad, waar hy in 'n gerestoureede loft woon en werk.
Tags: artist's home, renovation
Laat die dak lig!
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Die argitek Paul Mikula, 'n ywerige versamelaar van inheemse artefakte, het die tradisionele rooi teeldak van 'n huis in Glenwood laat lig en vir hom onder die dakrand 'n arendsnes van glas gebou.
Tags: architecture, architect, renovation
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