Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa November/December 2014 | Page 39

ADVERTISERS ON THIS PROJECT:
Bam Architects
Architects
Big Ben Construction
Main Contractor
David Hellig & Abrahamse
Land Surveyors
Rabie Property Group
Property Developers &
Project Managers
S&T Consulting Engineers
Consulting Civil &
Structural Engineers

SITE PLAN

incorporated many of these elements into
their design and specification.
Both Quaynorth and Quaynorth are
centrally located within Century City,
adjacent to the award-winning Waterstone
development and in easy walking access of
many of Century City’s amenities including
Canal Walk shopping centre, Intaka Island
nature reserve and the Century City
Clubhouse and sports oval. It is also only a
short stroll from the new private school, Curro
Century City.
“In fact, residents at Quaynorth and
Quayside will not even have to cross a public
road to get to the school,” says Brian Usher of
Property World, the onsite agents for Rabie’s
residential developments at Century City.
Usher said both developments also link
into Century City ‘s recently launched open
access Fibre-to-the-Premises network which
is offering residents access to the country’s
fastest voice and broadband services as well
as multi-media connections.
Known as Century City Connect, the
fibre optic backbone is “carrier neutral”
which means residents are not tied in or
forced to use any specific voice or Internet
Service Provider (ISP). Instead, they have a
choice of a number of pre-selected bluechip ISPs to choose from that are hosting
their services in a purpose-built Century City
Connect Data Centre.
Other innovative amenities within the
development include a central hot water
system which will not only save space in each
apartment but will also be more energy and
cost efficient than individual geysers.
Quays

Both Quaynorth and Quayside, which are
on separate erven, form part of The Quays
development which also includes 3,500m2 of
low rise studio offices set around courtyards
and a piazza.
The two and three storey office buildings
with basement parking for tenants and
podium parking for visitors allow for great
flexibility in terms of office sizes. The buildings
have been designed as individual façades
rather than a monolithic office block and the
varying architecture will give the appearance
of village street edge that has evolved
over time.

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