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project type as a learning opportunity, and engaging fully
with the possibilities inherent in each project,” Rasmuss
highlights. Paragon con�rmed its status as one of the
premier architecture and design �rms in South Africa at the
South African Property Owners' Association (SAPOA)
awards at its annual convention in Cape Town on 21 and
22 June. Here Paragon clinched four major awards, namely
the Office Developments: Corporate Award for the iconic
Sasol Place in Sandton, Interiors (Sasol Place), Innovation
Developments (GE Africa Innovation Centre), and the
prestigious Overall Winner (Sasol Place).
About
Paragon
Paragon, established in October 1997, is an internationally-
active African design business, based in Johannesburg. It
delivers commercial architecture, masterplanning, interior
design, and space planning to visionary clients in all
property sectors.
�ey are committed to Africa, and believe in the future of
its cities. Our roots are here. �ey have much to offer.�ey
are able and agile, and actively participate in the continent's
urban and human development.
Paragon is �exible and diverse in its approach to design.
Each project is unique and not driven by style, but by
lifestyle and a response to user needs. Elegant and
efficient planning form the core of our designs. We
understand the needs of our clients, and know how to
generate ever new architectural forms in a competitive
property market. �ey are known for hands-on
engagement with all opportunities present in the modern
global building industry.
�e true measure of our skill is our ability to engage at all
levels and with all players that make up the colourful
world of construction and property development. �eir
buildings look forward and they embrace the future,
because they will be a part of it – part of its problems and
responsibilities, and part of its great freedoms and
achievements
During May 2013, Paragon Architects was appointed as the
Architects of a new Corporate Office on 50 Katherine Street
in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2014 Paragon
Interface won the invited competition for Interior
Architecture and Space Planning.
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