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Dutch designer creates flexible wood for furniture range
Dutch designer Carolien Laro has created wooden furniture that is able to flex and bend under a person's weight. The Spring Wood collection is the result of Laro's experiments with traditional wood...
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Stick to the rules when renovating a sectional title unit
An alteration to a sectional title unit is not permitted without the prior consent of the trustees of the body corporate and the local municipality, especially if the improvement involves structural...
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Molecular architects: how scientists design new materials
Nano-architects design materials that can work together at very tiny scales, like these interlocking gears made of carbon tubes and benzene molecules....
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Solar installation at 382 Jan Smuts will reduce energy footprint
© zstockphotos – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Tower Property Fund's 382 Jan Smuts Avenue in Johannesburg recently received a solar PV installation which features a bank of 300 highly...
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Zedfactory's pod homes are built on city car parks
UK architectural firm Zedfactory have conceptualised a new housing solution that sees pod homes built above existing car parks. The ZEDpod is described as an affordable starter home. Energy-efficient...
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Roofing category added to ITC-SA Timber Engineered Product Awards
The Institute for Timber Construction (ITC-SA) will be hosting its Annual Timber Engineered Product Awards on 19 August 2016.
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SACAP WiASA Task Team appointed
The South African Council for the Architecture Profession (SACAP) has announced the appointment of the Task Team of its Women in Architecture South Africa (WiASA) programme.
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Floating solar panels take to the seas
The Vienna University of Technology (TU Wein) has developed Heliofloat, an offshore solar panel system that goes beyond generating solar energy. The solar platforms have been designed to float with...
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Authorities working to address sewer spillages
© Viktor Gladkov – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is intervening in municipalities that are affected by sewer spillages through the funding of...
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Former CEO sues paint company he founded for R610m
© scanrail – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>In an unusual turn of events, the former chairman and CEO of KwaZulu-Natal-based paint company Chemical Specialities (Chemspec) is suing the company...
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Free consulting service offered for entry into stainless awards
The Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association (sassda) is offering a free consulting service to assist companies requiring help with the entry process in the 2016 Sassda Columbus...
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SA architecture set for overhaul - SVA International
According to architectural firm SVA International, the South African architectural industry is changing so radically and with such speed that current business practices will be virtually unrecognisable...
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Top keynote speakers for 2016 Green Building Convention
The 2016 Green Building Conference, set for 26-28 July in Sandton, will have keynote speakers Dr Ian McCallum, John Elkington, Paul Clements-Hunt, Mario Molina, Jeff Speck, Terri Wills, and Evan Rice...
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East Rand Mall revamped
The East Rand Mall, located in the heart of Boksburg, has concluded a revamping process that has greatly expanded the centre's offering to its pool of clients and customers. As a result of its new...
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Airports company seeks to use a wider range of suppliers
©huang zusheng via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>Airports Company SA (Acsa) is looking to widen its supplier pipeline to include black, women and youth-owned businesses, CEO Bongani Maseko says....
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Skyscraper made out of wooden numbers
Swedish architectural firm Anders Berensson Architects was recently commissioned by the Stockholm Centre Party to design a skyscraper that could replace an old car park in the city's centre. In...
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Reverse osmosis plant bid to improve Port Alfred water
© Kidsana Maimeetook – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Holiday season water shortages could be a thing of the past in Port Alfred after construction began on an R85m reverse osmosis plant that...
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New report details construction industry transformation framework
Thirty measures are detailed as part of a construction industry "transformation framework" in a new report compiled by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
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Want to build better computer games? Call an architect
If I said I was a licensed architect helping to fight dementia, you'd probably assume I was designing a care home or some similar building. Actually, I've been working alongside neuroscientists,...
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Bamboo: Africa's untapped potential
© Konstantin Sutyagin – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>It is a "wonder plant" that is uniquely blessed. Agronomists in Africa believe it can restore degraded landscapes while economists think...
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