Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa November/December 2014

WINNER: CORPORATE OFFICE BUILDING CATEGORY 30 Jellicoe, Rosebank 30 Jellicoe, situated in the heart of the Rosebank CBD, one of northern Johannesburg’s most prestigious business nodes, won the Corporate Office Building category. One of the pleasing features of this project was the close co-operation between the project team and the local residents whose opinions were taken into account in the design of the five-storey, 10,000m² building. The judges said that slenderness and proportion of the tapered tubular steel columns give the building an elegant aesthetic that sets it apart from its neighbours. “The ripple that is created by the louvre blades adds another level of detail that finishes off the overall concept,” The fineness of the steel elements enables them to work together to create a truly special building. It’s a case of “imagine it, steel can build it”, they said. The building’s roof is supported on the slender steel columns and appears to sail over one of the building’s prominent features – the pristine white north wall. The wall and its horizontal window lines depend on the steel structure for stability. These horizontal window lines reveal inviting glimpses of Johannesburg’s world famous man-made forests. For the columns, tubular steel was chosen, firstly, to keep the structure as slender and elegant as possible and, secondly, because the columns on the north, east and west elevations are five storeys high. Feature sun screen louvres run vertically to the east and west façades and horizontally to the north façade. Two other well-designed steel details caught the judges’ imaginations: firstly, the steel framed fire escape, which is surely the most elegant fire escape in a corporate office building, is beautifully expressed with recessed lighting. Secondly, the office library, a magnificent circular steel structure, completes this award winning building. Developer: Investec Property Owner: Spareprops Architect: Paragon Architects Structural Engineer: Pure Consulting Quantity Surveyor: Brian Heineberg and Associates Project Manager: SIP Main Contractor: WBHO Steelwork Contractors: Omni Struct Nkosi, The Metalworker (sundry metalwork) Steel Awards 55

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