Kuba Granicki, Alessio Lacovig and Mike Rassmann, the three partners behind Johannesburg-based Architects Of Justice, sat down to have a discussion on how an architect can add value to a client’s workspace. What is changing in current workplaces? Mike Rassmann: I think in particular in South Africa, there is a lot of awareness around costs with electricity getting more … [Read more...]
Doing justice to office design Part 2: The evolution of the workspace
Kuba Granicki, Alessio Lacovig and Mike Rassmann, the three partners behind Johannesburg-based Architects Of Justice, sat down to have a discussion on how the workplace, and the architect’s role in its design, has evolved over the past few decades and point out areas where they feel it can be improved. How do you see office spaces having changed over the years? Mike … [Read more...]
Doing justice to office design Part 1: Clients and their office space needs
Kuba Granicki, Alessio Lacovig and Mike Rassmann, the three partners behind Johannesburg-based Architects Of Justice, sat down to have a discussion on how workplaces are designed, and the architect’s role in finding out what a client wants (and needs). How do you find out what a client is looking for when they approach you to design an office space? Kuba Granicki: We try … [Read more...]
Pure Design breaks the mould with an edgy new office in Century City
Design does the talking at Pure Design’s new home in Century City’s trendy new Bridgeways precinct – a place where great ideas are born and clients and staff feel equally at home. With 2017 marking the tenth birthday of this turn-key design company founded by brothers Quinton and Ricardo Abrahams and Maria Cowie, the management team was ready to make a bold move and invest … [Read more...]
Why a business’s workspace also needs to move with the times to remain relevant in today’s market
They say the only constant is change. As we head closer towards 2020, a year that has a definite futuristic ring to it, companies whose offices are designed for the previous century’s workforce are more likely to feel the effects of a changing world than their peers who are evolving with the interior times. So says Grant Johnson of Conduit Interior. In an effort to keep … [Read more...]