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NBS Construction Knowledge- A resource that provides online access to over 800 construction related SANS documents.

Your information source online - Reference to South African National Standards is important to all buildings specifiers, but it can be expensive buying individual documents and difficult to predict in advance exactly what you need. There is also the issue of currency, and with the SANS 10400 documents due for revision later this year, construction professionals may be understandably reluctant to purchase at present. A new product development is set to resolve these issues. NBS Constructio… Continue

Added by National Building Specifications on March 8, 2010 at 12:14pm — No Comments

DesignMind Forty|Forty - your weekly aggregator of the valuable news, industry insights, events and reviews. 08 March

News Business confidence on the up Business confidence improved in February, according to the Business Confidence Index (BCI) released by the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) on Wednesday. http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Channel=News_Business&ArticleId=1518-1786_2574346&IsColumnistStory=False… Continue

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Hôtel-Musée Premières nations / LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design

Architect: LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design Location: Wendake, Québec, Canada Program: Hotel and Museum Site area: 15,400 sqm Building area: 2,000 sqm Total floor area: 4,850 sqm Project Year: 2007–2008 Photographs: Pierre Bélanger This project is a unique alliance between 4-star accommodations and a museum experience that takes visitors on an exceptional voyage through the traditions and contemporary culture of the First Nations and Inuit. Located in an enchanting setting on the Akiawenrahk… Continue

Added by FortyForty on March 8, 2010 at 10:40am — No Comments

Hospitality Bidair Premier Lounges – comfort guaranteed

Hospitality Bidair Premier Lounges – comfort guaranteed By Clare Matthes Airport lounges are now an integral part of a business traveller’s comfort and convenience. Once places where you'd rarely want to linger, airlines have stepped up to the challenge and are designing comfortable, fully-equipped, convenient, sometimes even spectacular airport lounges to cater to their best clients. Bidair Hospitality, a subsidiary of the Bidvest Group, has done exactly that. As a provider of the support serv… Continue

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Artreehouse

Artreehouse New Fairfield, Connecticut Della Valle Bernheimer By David Sokol With perhaps the exception of the architecture of the Machine Age, buildings across history have collaborated with nature. Tara and its southern kin wouldn’t sport generous porches if their makers hadn’t recognized the need to deflect direct sunlight from interiors. For a savvy contemporary example, consider the Harare, Zimbabwe, Eastgate Building, whose architecture is based on self-cooling termite mounds to reduce ven… Continue

Added by FortyForty on March 8, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Construction to lag behind SA economy in recovery – Fitch

The credit profiles of South African construction companies were likely to remain under pressure this year, as local market conditions were not expected to significantly improve until the middle of next year, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday. With the release of the ratings agency’s ‘South African Construction Sector Outlook 2010’ report, Fitch South African corporates director Roelof Steenkamp noted that while there were early signs of a gradual recovery in the local economy, construction compa… Continue

Added by FortyForty on March 8, 2010 at 10:28am — No Comments

Group Five seeks more work abroad, in private sector

Group Five was seeking a return to a “nice mix of public and private work such as before the super-boom”, said CEO Mike Upton on Thursday as he announced the company’s results for the six months ended December 31. He was also in favour of procuring more work abroad. Upton said this was driven by the fact that there had been a slowdown in the South African public infrastructure sector, punctuated by a 12-month hiatus in public utility contract awards. He said several factors conspired to make… Continue

Added by FortyForty on March 8, 2010 at 10:18am — No Comments

Wildlife inspires stadium design

It's all about the game... Joe Schützer-Weissmann reports The model of Mbombela Stadium in the foyer at R&L Architects in downtown Cape Town would look out of place almost anywhere else. True, the 1:333 scale is eccentric, the vivid patterning of the seats candidly mirrors zebra skin and the structural pylons resemble- to use their collective noun- a tower of giraffes. But it is the bright weave of myriad tiny glass beads from which the model is made that positively locates it in South Af… Continue

Added by FortyForty on March 8, 2010 at 10:16am — No Comments

Eco Friendly Design Tool

How designers create a sample board for clients... Before the days of the wonderful World Wide Web designers had to personally visit: • Wholesalers • Manufacturers • Agents • Importers • Workrooms • Suppliers There were also the after-hour product launch parties. Although enjoyable it could be time consuming and tiring. This type of networking is still a pleasant way to view new products. Interior designers now also have the advantage of the wonderful world of the Web to help them with product… Continue

Added by Rosslyn Tebbutt on March 8, 2010 at 10:11am — No Comments

2010 PLASCON PRISM AWARDS CALL ON CREATIVES TO ‘ADAPT AND EVOLVE’

2010 PLASCON PRISM AWARDS

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Photographer James Silverman looking for cutting edge architectural homes in Cape Town

I photograph residential homes around the world and publish in international magazines like Architectural Digest,Robb Report,Elle Decoration.

I am now planning a trip to Cape town South Africa to go there in 2 weeks time.

I wondered if anyone in this forum has designed or knows of any cutting edge architectural homes with interesting architecture,interior,landscaping and lighting

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Added by James Silverman on March 4, 2010 at 5:41pm — No Comments

SACAP Education Fund

: Call for applications  CLOSING DATE : 9 MARCH 2010. Continue

Added by DesignMind on March 4, 2010 at 4:57pm — No Comments

Full turn key services in Hospitality design + Competitive prices on Linen

We provide a full turn key services in interior design. We specialize in Hospitality, corporate and residential, with international exposure in the hospitality field. We also provide top of the range linen and towels for the hospitality industry with extremely competitive prices.

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Added by Petri on March 2, 2010 at 10:34am — No Comments

Interior Architect/ Architect needed

Hi All

I am in urgent need of employees. I am looking for a junior Architect or Interior Architect wanting to work at M Square lifestyle design in the residential sector.

Please send all CVs and Portfolio to phia@nicovdmeulen.com

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Added by Phia van der Meulen on March 1, 2010 at 12:44pm — 1 Comment

DesignMind Forty|Forty - your weekly aggregator of the valuable news, industry insights, events and reviews. 01 March

News

Cape Town IRT to help transform pedestrian spaces

For Cape Town's IRT system to work, it must be easy for regular passengers to get from their home to an IRT bus station. Once commuters arrive at their destination station it must also be easy to get to wherever they have business.

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Added by FortyForty on March 1, 2010 at 11:54am — No Comments

Johannesburg, 8 February 2010 – DesignHub’s 2010 Respond/Renew/Revitalise Competition CommencesSaint…

Johannesburg, 8 February 2010 – DesignHub’s 2010 Respond/Renew/Revitalise Competition Commences
Saint-Gobain releases the new DesignHub Respond/Renew/Revitalise Competition Brief for the 2010 competition.

The Saint-Gobain DesignHub student architecture competition, demonstrates its success by entering its fourth year in 2010. The 2010 Respond/Renew/Revitalise competition is aimed at addressing the issues around reclaiming and revitalising an existing landmark site - Taking national… Continue

Added by DesignMind on February 24, 2010 at 4:39pm — No Comments

Colours of the World Cup

World Cup Flag Notations.pdf

This is something for all the manufacturers out there! Melanie at our office has been hard at work looking up all the flag colours of the participating countries and translating them into NCS for accurate easy reproduction in any material and surface. Thank you to the NCS Colour Centres in the var… Continue

Added by Lisa Taylor on February 24, 2010 at 4:27pm — No Comments

STRAPPED

Hi all I just designed and started to manufacture a range of light fittings and chandeliers from packing strap called STRAPPED.

contact me for wholesale prices, we also do commissions, the product is almost infinitely scalable.

http://felixholm.yolasit

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Added by Felix Holm on February 24, 2010 at 4:14pm — 1 Comment

Johannesburg, 8 February 2010 – DesignHub’s 2010 Respond/Renew/Revitalise Competition Commences

Contact: Marketing Fanatics on behalf of Saint-Gobain DesignHub
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Added by Saint-Gobain Design Hub on February 24, 2010 at 1:02pm — No Comments

The NCS colour workshop

The NCS colour workshop aims at giving a basic knowledge about colour as visual phenomena. A thorough explanation of the Natural Colour System theoretically together with a series of exercises will be covered. Colour usage and design in South Africa will also be discussed in depth. The NCS Colour Course is being approved by SETA and a Certificate of completion is awarded to each student. The Educational

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Added by DesignMind on February 23, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments