Contents
WINTER 2026
NEWS & VIEWS 10 Decorex is coming to town
COVER STORY 12 Built around the fire
URBAN PLANNING 18 Connected precinct rewrites the cityscape
PROPERTY 22 Isphetho launches Upper
Highway estate
PROJECT UPDATE 24 Cape Winelands Airport appoints lead architect
ARCHITECTURE 26 Modular construction for urgency 30 Designing industry at human scale 34 What the ground already knows – a book review
ARCHITECTURE & AI 36 Architecture after automation
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY 40 Beyond categories: Rethinking the IDoW in 2026
GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE 42 International practice expands into Africa
INTERIOR DESIGN 46 Calm colours leading
2026
GET IT DONE – INTERIORS 48 Kim Williams Studio for
MAD
ADVERTORIAL – KDT CONSTRUCTION 49 Building bespoke coastal homes
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING 50 Avoid the hidden costs of corner cutting
WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION 54 Constraint breeds innovation 56 A quarter century of personal growth
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY 58 Construction safety failures cost lives
LANDSCAPING 60 Creating urban pollinator corridors
CONCRETE 64‘ Concrete in Life’ shows its form
INSULATION 68 Cavity wall insulation’ s growing role 70 Rising fuel costs and insulation
BRICK 72 Building with sustainable brick
TIMBER CONSTRUCTION 76 A market built to move
TIMBER & THATCH 80 Reed and timber as considered architecture
6 winter 2026 | www. tobuild. co. za