To Build Magazine - Volume 11 / Issue 1 - March 2021

In this issue

To Build, with its national footprint, is an effective platform to use for building your brand and out-marketing your competition. To Build also caters for consumers directly—our distribution audience is your target audience. The publication focuses on the latest developments, trends and industry news.

The editorial is distinctive in the way it conveys information on interior and exterior decor, architectural trends, and the latest building technologies and developments throughout South Africa.

Country chic – stylish and sustainable

Our much loved South African country areas do not have to stand back for the city places when it comes to decor and refurbishment. Proof of this comes by way of an amazing refurbishment done at the Sanddrif holiday resort and working farm. Situated in the central Cederberg area of the Western Cape, the farm is a comfortable 4 hours’ drive from Cape Town, during which time you climb to 1 036 metres above sea level.

6 mins

Future Of Home Design Post-Pandemic

We present an opinion by the principal architect of an established New-Delhi firm of architects, which points to the direction that residential design could take post-pandemic.

4 mins

An architect's view

According to historians, New Year’s Day has been celebrated for over four millennia. But this time, we had to dig really deep to find the good that came from 2020. On the other hand, we could talk for hours about what went wrong. However, to have this conversation is senseless; because it is clear that nobody was left unaffected by the absolute devastation that 2020 brought to this planet. Like a tsunami, the COVID-19 virus hit every shore, on every continent, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake.

5 mins

Container Village Provides A Safe Haven For Impoverished Kids

The Jabulani Feeding Scheme, in Parkwood Estate, Cape Town, sits in an official Zone of Poverty declared by the Department of Social Development. The centre is built on reclaimed land that used to be a dumpsite, so any structure erected must be removable.

2 mins

Key ‘People In Construction' Issues

Key ‘people in construction’ issues The Conseil International du Bâtiment (CIB), which is known as the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, is a worldwide network of more than 3 000 experts from 300 member organisations focused on all aspects of research and innovation in building and construction. CIB members are institutes, companies, and other types of organisations involved in research, or in the transfer or application of research results. Member organisations appoint experts to participate in CIB working commissions (WCs) and task groups (TGs).

3 mins

Engineering Project Provides Traffic Flow Relief

Finally handed back to the City of Cape Town by the contractors mid-last year, the Kommetjie Road upgrade in the city’s far southern suburbs took four years to complete.

5 mins

Opinion: Tech Can Boost Infrastructure Recovery

As COVID-19 and financial constraints hinder South Africa’s plans for infrastructure development, there is likely to be greater reliance on applying innovative technologies. TO BUILD invited Consulting Partner and Principal Engineering Technologist for SRK, Steve Bartels, to share his views.

3 mins

Unlawful occupation of property and the stay of eviction proceedings

Implications for property owners and developers: the unlawful occupation of property.

3 mins

Office space: a view of the future

TO BUILD asked partners of a large South African architectural firm what their views were on the future of office space and whether the concept of dedicated office parks could survive in the next decade, especially in a post-pandemic world.

4 mins

Work Surfaces — An International Case Study

Nestled in the foothills of North Tustin, California, is the beautiful home of a well known interior designer, Hilary Hale. Amongst the well-appointed and stylish rooms, the kitchen received a visually striking counter-island to serve as the centrepiece.

3 mins

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To Build Magazine Description:

To Build, with its national footprint, is an effective platform to use for building your brand and out-marketing your competition. To Build also caters for consumers directly—our distribution audience is your target audience. The publication focuses on the latest developments, trends and industry news.

The editorial is distinctive in the way it conveys information on interior and exterior decor, architectural trends, and the latest building technologies and developments throughout South Africa.