Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa November/December 2014 | 页面 4

U EDITORIAL Despite the doom and gloom which can so easily overcome us, there is still a great deal to be grateful for. In the context of the magazine, we have survived the year without Diana – no mean feat – and Louise has proven to be a one-woman powerhouse! She is motivated, involved and honestly passionate about the magazine and all things architectural. Peter has continued to provide excellent design and layout, while also coming up with exciting and noteworthy ideas to take the magazine to greater heights. Our team may be small but we are all on the same page with regards to the magazine: we love what we do and firmly believe that Architect & Builder is an exceptional magazine – the fact that it has been around for over 65 years, is testament to its success. Shelley Woode-Smith OUR TEAM EDITOR Shelley Woode-Smith [email protected] ASSISTANT EDITOR Louise Fenner-Solomon [email protected] CONSULTING EDITOR Diana Woode [email protected] DESIGN Peter Fenner-Solomon [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES Shelley Woode-Smith Louise Fenner-Solomon ACCOUNTS Bonnie Ah Shene [email protected] PUBLISHER Peter Fenner-Solomon [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS We welcome articles, photographs and news items relating to architecture, buildings, building methods and building materials. Good quality photographs are vital. Only simple and clearly drawn plans are suitable for printing. No reponsibility can be taken for lost or damaged material. The opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the editor or publishers. CONTACT US TELEPHONE 021 683 3766 FACSIMILE 021 671 7348 E-MAIL[email protected] POSTBox 36090, Glosderry 7702 WEBSITEwww.archibuild.co.za 4 nbelievably, 2014 is almost at an end and the frenzy of the Christmas season is upon us. It has been a challenging year for both Architect & Builder and the country in general. From the interminable post office strike, which had such a negative impact on so many businesses, to the continuing Eskom crisis, South Africans could do with a holiday! This issue provides you with a great array of projects. We feature Quays at Century City, another in a long line of extraordinarily successful developments at this ever-growing precinct. 90 Grayston is a commercial office building in Sandton which, according to the developers, ensures that the suburb remains in line with the other advanced cities around the world. Our third project is the refurbishment of Ruimsig Shopping Centre, located on the West Rand in Gauteng. The mall showed the typical Tuscanesque design of the time in which it was built (1980s) and the architects have updated and modernised the centre. We have had a rather difficult time of late with projects being postponed or cancelled at the very last minute. This issue was no exception and we found ourselves scrabbling to fill the large void created by the sudden cancellation of a long-scheduled project. Jer