Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa November/December 2013 | Page 5

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Architect
and Builder
SERVING THE BUILDING WORLD FOR OVER 60 YE ARS

November/December 2013
Volume 64 • Issue 6
Cover Photo: Mike Wesson

DEPARTMENTS

6 EDITORIAL

8 NEWS WATCH

12 BOOK WATCH

14 PROJECT WATCH

66 OUR ADVERTISERS

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PROJECTS
18 GRANTLEIGH TITANIUM LEARNING CENTRE
The unique Grantleigh TLC (Titanium Learning Centre) was recently
awarded an Architectural Category Commendation Certificate from
the South African Institute of Steel Construction.

22 HOTEL VERDE
Owner and project team alike are passionate about sustainability and
are using the hotel and its cutting edge innovations and technologies
to demonstrate what can be done towards a more sustainable future.

34 BLUE ROUTE MALL
Blue Route Mall seeks to set itself apart from established centres that
use traditionally themed architecture as a design crutch.
The designers set out to achieve a new, almost futuristic, design
palette which promises that the Cape Town Southern Suburbs’ best
years still lie firmly ahead.

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FEATURES
55 2013 STEEL AWARDS
The 32nd year of the Steel Awards - which recognise excellence in
the use of structural steel in various construction projects.
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