African Design Magazine June 2017 | Page 23

African project Silo Hotel – South Africa The first part of Heatherwick Studio’s renovation of a former grain silo building in Cape Town’s harbour has been completed, with the opening of a hotel featuring bulging windows. With local architects Van der Merwe Misewski Architects, London-based Heatherwick Studio – headed up by designer Thomas Heatherwick – are overseeing the conversion of the building, in which the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) will open later this year. This article first appeared on Dezeen. Click here for more. africandesignmagazine.com 23