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Henrietta Rose-Innes on Libraries and Pests

Fri, 28 Oct (4 months ago)

Henrietta Rose-Innes was at the Fish Hoek library this morning speaking to the local literary society about her latest book Nineveh, and about her relationship with libraries and other public buildings. Portfolio Travel Blog editor Joy-Anne Goodenough went along...

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Posted in SA Books | SA Architecture | SA People

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Goodbye to Cape Town's Twin Towers

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 (18 months ago)

Cape Town's own Twin Towers, also known as the Two Old Ladies, Ugly Sisters and Salt & Pepper Pots or more accurately the Athlone Towers, are no more...

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Posted in SA Architecture | General News

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News from the Klein Karoo - One of SA's Smallest Anglican Chapels Restored to Former Glory.

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 (18 months ago)

Allan Fabig of Calitzdorp Country House sent us this interesting news from that village in the heart of the Klein Karoo...

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Posted in SA Hidden Gems | SA Architecture | SA History

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Bid the Athlone Towers Goodbye

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 (19 months ago)

Back in November we first reported on rumours that the Athlone Cooling Towers were doomed...

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Posted in SA Architecture | General News

Decent Urban Design. Because Everybody Deserves It

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 (2 years ago)

Previously featured bead artist Anna Richerby of Beautiful Beadwork visited and photographed an award winning public square in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. She was inspired to share her experience...

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Posted in November 2009 | SA Eco Tourism | SA Photographs | SA Architecture

SA Architects Receive International Acclaim

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 (2 years ago)

Another day, another reason to be proudly South African!

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Posted in November 2009 | SA Eco Tourism | SA Architecture

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SA-born Architect the Face of Green Building Design

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 (3 years ago)

South African architect Shaun Killa (a UCT graduate) is now based in Dubai. His recent successes include the Yinchuan Hedong Airport (China), the Durrat Al Bahrain Resort (Bahrain) and the World Trade Center Memorial and Visitors Center, New York (USA).

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Posted in SA Architecture

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Architectural History up in Flames

Mon, 4 May 2009 (3 years ago)

This weekend a fire gutted one of the oldest buildings in the Cape Town CBD, despite the heroic efforts of the fire fighting team who sped to the scene at 10h30 on Saturday morning.

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Posted in SA Architecture | General News

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How Dutch is Cape Dutch

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 (3 years ago)

My small son and I took a leisurely drive through the Cape Winelands recently. As we passed yet another gracious farmstead with its curved whitewashed gables and neatly thatched roofs, he asked, “Mom, what are those fancy houses called? And why do they all have curly bits on them?”

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Posted in SA Architecture | SA Art and Culture | SA History

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Visiting Groot Constantia this summer

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 (3 years ago)

Exploring the oldest wine farm in South Africa, admiring the 1685 Cape Dutch architecture, sitting in an art gallery with an internationally awarded glass of vino in my hand…

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Posted in SA Wines | SA Architecture