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SA urban design firm recognised internationally
New Urban Architects and Urban Designers was recently recognised at the Congress of New Urbanism (CNU) in Washington DC with the CNU Charter Student Merit Award for its book Africa Drawn: One Hundred...
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Cape Town's dam levels higher than this time last year
Image source: [[www.pexels.com]]</span>In the last couple of weeks the amount of water in the dams supplying Cape Town has overtaken 2017's levels.Read more... | Send to a friend
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WSP Architects designs new campus for century-old Hangzhou Normal University
WSP Architects has designed a new campus for century-old Hangzhou Normal University 5km west of the Xixi Wetland in Hanghzou, China. According to the firm, the new campus planning consists of more than...
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MAD launches 2018 Travel Fellowship programme
Image source: [[www.pixabay.com]]</span>Following the successful 2017 expansion of the MAD Travel Fellowship to include international students, MAD has officially launched its 2018 global...
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Skills shortage driving hike in construction costs - survey
Image source: [[www.pixabay.com]]</span>According to new research from Turner & Townsend, the cost of global construction is set to rise by 4.3% during 2018 compared to 4.1% in 2017, as...
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Report: SA doesn't need R19bn coal IPP projects
©Claudia Otte [[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>Government's plans for two new independent power producer (IPP) coal plants - Thabametsi and Khanyisa - would cost South Africa an additional...
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Billion-rand opportunities available in SA's green economy - GreenCape
© Tsung-Lin Wu – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>GreenCape released its free annual market intelligence reports this week which highlight the billions of rands worth of opportunities available...
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The connected, information-enabled utility of the future
© tomas1111 – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>From legislation and regulation, to increased competition, public opinion and scrutiny, political pressure, environmental concerns, consumer...
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Why foreign investment is no easy fix for Africa's energy needs
© Hongqi Zhang – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Foreign investment in sub-Saharan Africa's power sector has reached a record-high. Spurred on by the United Nations' goal to ensure modern...
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Efficient, sustainable and effective facilities management
A well-maintained facility is imperative for any business. Poor working conditions lead to a decline in the health and motivation of staff members, which, in turn, leads to a decline in productivity...
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Kengo Kuma to design suspended museum on the Channel Coast of France
Kengo Kuma & Associates has won an international competition to design the Maritime History Museum of Saint-Malo in France.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Development starts on new R3bn mixed-use precinct
Phase one is now under way on the R3bn Sandton Gate precinct development. It will include 15,500m² commercial space; 13,000m² P-grade office space and a 2,500m² gym positioned on the piazza level of...
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Historical CT hotel to be refurbished as luxury apartments
Romney Park, a former five-star hotel, sited on the lower slopes of Signal Hill in Green Point, Cape Town is earmarked for refurbishment to modernise the interior and turn accommodation into sectional...
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Herzog & De Meuron converts Hong Kong police station into arts complex
Swiss firm Herzog & De Meuron has completed a new arts complex in Hong Kong after a 12-year-long heritage conservation and revitalisation process.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Construction is leaving a legacy of destruction - it's time to address the mess
Construction contributes to job growth in South Africa, and plays a significant role in informal sector employment, but the full socio-economic impact - measured in the destruction it leaves in its...
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Eskom's Ingula plant declared a nature reserve
Eskom's Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme and its associated land has been declared as a nature reserve.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Mecanoo releases plans for Taichung Green Corridor in Taiwan
Mecanoo has released plans for the Taichung Green Corridor in Taiwan, which will redevelop the 1.7km-long former railway line crossing downtown Taichung. The project is expected to be an important...
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Motheo Construction awarded Lesedi fuel terminal contract
Chemie Tech has awarded Motheo Construction Group the civil engineering and earthworks contract for a new fuel-terminal project for Lesedi Local Municipality in Heidelberg, Mpumalanga.Read more... |...
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DS+R and Woods Bagot to design new Adelaide Cultural Complex
New York-based interdisciplinary firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) and Australian architecture firm Woods Bagot have won an international competition to design a dynamic new art space on Adelaide's...
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MIGA backs Nigerian float glass plant
By ICAPlants, CC BY-SA 3.0, [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19069040 Wikimedia Commons]]</span>A member of the World Bank Group, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency...
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