PROJECT FEATURE
54 GLENHOVE
54 GLENHOVE
Melrose Estate
DEVELOPERS
Alchemy Properties
ARCHITECTS
Paragon Architects
PROJECT MANAGERS
CAPEX Projects
QUANTITY SURVEYORS
RLB PENTAD Quantity Surveyors
STRUCTURAL & CIVIL ENGINEERS
Pierre Badenhorst Consulting Engineers
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
Quad Africa
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Adaptive Resource Engineers
HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANTS
Cairnmead Industrial Consultants
FIRE CONSULTANTS
TWCE
LANDSCAPING
Countryline Africa
MAIN CONTRACTOR
ASTEK Group
The new development at 54 Glenhove, in Melrose Estate was completed during
July 2016. The building has a total rentable area of 5,687m2. Half of the building will be
occupied by the Johannesburg office of the auditing, accounting, tax and advisory firm,
Mazars. The developers of the project, Alchemy, have also taken space in the building
with the balance being let to other tenants, including Stonehage Fleming, Schneier &
London and Stonewood.
ARCHITECT’S REPORT
The building exploits its location close to the M1 highway on Glenhove Road and its
refreshing adjacency to the Houghton Golf Course. The architectural character and
function of Glenhove Road has changed considerably over the last decade and this
building seeks to establish a strong business identity without overwhelming the adjacent
residential components.
The building form sits atop a podium which appears almost as a lily pad and explores
bold rectinlinear shapes with fenestrated blocks piercing the exoskeleton of the monolithic
structure. The windows appear as dense gems expressed in highly reflective glass which
contributes to the control of emisivity of the building.
The H-shaped plan has been designed in a manner to allow for a single tenant or, in
this case, a number of tenants. The east and west wings are separated by an atrium and
connected with bridges, enclosed in a double skinned integument which allows light
but reduces heat. This contributes to the occupants receiving sunlight and revitalising
views of the golf course and its vegetation.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Courtesy of Paragon Architects
The building form sits atop
a raised landscaped
podium as a pair of two
bold rectilinear shapes
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