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Editor’s view
Africa on the up
At the inaugural Architecture + Interior Design Africa conference
alongside Decorex Joburg in August, of which I was privileged to be the
host, a number of talking points emerged.
Joanne and Peter Valasis of Atmos Architects presented on their inner
city work; Aidan Hart of InHouse Brand Architects examined three
projects that he has been involved in, Yvonne O’Brien of The Private
House Company spoke about her work at prestigious game lodge,
Londolozi and Nico van der Meulen took us through some of his
favourite work. Day two of the conference, themed Building Africa,
focused on the business side of architecture and interior design. Gavin
Mageni of the SABS Design Institute talked on fostering young designers,
Daniel van der Merwe, architect for PPC and President of GIfA (Gauteng Institute for
Architecture) chatted about the revitalization of the above two brands, Jaco Maritz of www.
howwemadeitinafrica.com spoke on the African cities to watch and Henning Rasmuss of the
Paragon Group gave an eye-opening, no-holds barred talk on working as an architect in Africa.
Gregg Cocking
Now onto this month’s issue of African Design Magazine. Africa takes centre stage, with
projects from Ghana, Rwanda, Algeria, Lesotho and South Africa featured, but for further
inspiration we showcase new architectural work from Korea, the USA and Columbia. Please
feel free to share this issue with those with an interest in masterful design architecture. AD
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