The aluminium panelled façades, along with the
double-glazed curtain walls, form a slick raincoat
for the building. These combine to create the
striking road-facing facet of the building, which
visually punches way above its modest 1,660m 2
GLA. Here David Botha of Chartwell Façade
Systems and New Approach’s (glazing) Paul Kotze
proved to be invaluable to capturing design intent.
Lion's Pride
The building’s reflective elements take in the
images of surrounding trees and hills to render the
building itself in the landscape as opposed to being
a solid object that sits on the landscape.
The task of procuring and then orchestrating
the multiple strands of complex and interwoven
activities, trades and materials fell to Yuan van
Der Sluys of Main Contractor, Van der Sluys
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