African Design Magazine ADM #36 December 2017 | Page 11

First Light Steel Frame Residence in Knysna Rebuild…now perhaps the most energy efficient house in the area?
UNPACKING LSFB
FOR RESIDENTS
With the Bessemer process in 1855 introducing cheap steels into the US market,
building with steel frames boomed by the 1880's. Today in South Africa, LSFM (Light
Steel Frame Building) is undergoing a boom of its own. Since SASFA (Southern
African Light Steel Frame Building Association) presented a seminar in Knysna, South
Africa, on light steel frame building we have seen the rst residential project
completion in Knysna – The Wilcox Jones House
he pain and suffering emanating from Knysna's devastating fires need no
elaboration. Lives lost and hundreds of homes destroyed at a cost of billions of
rands. But in true African spirit the people of Knysna and the surrounding areas are
doing their best to move on. Infrastructure is being rebuilt and many new, modern
houses are rising from the ashes.
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