Already nearing its second decade, Travelstart remains one of Africa’s leading online travel agencies and booking websites. Having recently relocated its Cape Town headquarters to a two-and-a-half-storey set of offices in Longkloof Studios, located just off the bustling hub that is Kloof Street; it is natural that the company should wish to set itself up in a working space that … [Read more...]
Poetic black: the debut of Madagascar at the Venice Biennale
The debut of Madagascar at the 58. International Art Exhibition, with Joël Andrianomearisoa, is an installation which stands out for its intensity. 'I have forgotten the night' is a study of black, one of the colours that the artist Andrianomearisoa works with most frequently. Hundreds of thin layers of collage paper wave gently, accompanied by a voice reading a text, and by … [Read more...]
City living informs Cape townhouse
Inspiration for this townhouse in Cape Town, designed by GSQUARED, was drawn from the context and city living. The needs for privacy but still capturing the views to the city, harbour and mountain. The street edge was treated with a hard concrete structure to provide privacy to the owners. Carefully punctured openings on the street façade allowed for natural light and … [Read more...]
MUDcafeteria: the focal point of a school in Ghana
From the architects: The MUDcafeteria is the centre of a vocational school in the north of Ghana. It was built in summer 2017 by students of the TU Vienna together with locals from the local community. The construction was finished after 12 weeks with a budget set at €20 000. It was important for us to build the cafeteria not only as a place to eat but also as a center for … [Read more...]
Studio Libeskind’s Ngaren museum to track human evolution in Kenyan landscape
Daniel Libeskind's New York architecture firm has revealed plans to build a museum in Kenya's Rift Valley, comprising tapered and pointed structures that resemble stalagmites. Studio Libeskind was enlisted to design Ngaren: The Museum of Humankind by Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician Richard Leakey. It will be built on a cliff edge in Rift Valley, … [Read more...]
Growing a practice in Kenya: Andrew Kusewa Kilonzi, Boogertman + Partners Architects
Kenyan-born Andrew Kusewa Kilonzi has been overseeing the Nairobi office of Boogertman + Partners Architects since October 2012, along with South African Johann de Wet, both who are registered with the Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors (BORAQS) in Kenya. The decision to open an office in Kenya was to provide this expanding and growing international … [Read more...]