Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa November/December 2014 | Page 37

A broad palette of
materials, colours and
finishes has been used
to create a richly layered
and textured mix

DEVELOPER’S COMMENT
Construction of Quays, a vibrant new
commercial node comprising 39 low rise
studio offices and a TriBakery restaurant in the
heart of Century City, has been completed.
Quays
Quays is the commercial component
of a mixed-use precinct which includes
two residential developments, Quayside
and Quaynorth which were also recently
completed and where all 91 apartments were
sold months before completion.
The offices in Quays, ranging in size from
41m2 to around 400m2, excluding balconies,
were priced from around R800 000, ex VAT,
and provided a rare opportunity for smaller

Quays

office users to purchase in the burgeoning
Century City precinct.
The two and three storey office buildings
are set around courtyards and a water-fronting
piazza where TriBakery is located. They have
been designed as individual facades rather
than a monolithic office block with the varying
architecture and colour scheme giving the
appearance of a village street edge that has
evolved over time.
The intimate scale of Quays embraces
both the neighbouring Waterstone residential development and the Central Park
commercial node.
It acts as an interface between the various
components and has been designed to
enhance the pavement ambiance of this very

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