2011 sees the Concrete Manufacturing Association (CMA) adopt a fresh approach to its advertising strategy. In addition to promoting its members’ products, it has chosen to go the corporate route as well, with the emphasis on the CMA brand and its associated benefits for the consumer. The first of the new adverts has already [...]
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Why use extended rather than pure cements?
Negative perceptions about the durability and performance of extended cements, combined with tradition and a conservative approach to new technology have caused resistance to their use, a situation which is gradually changing, according to experts from AfriSam. “Extended cements are being used increasingly in major projects such as Gautrain, the SANRAL Gauteng Freeway Improvement [...]
Cement & Concrete Institute announces 3rd annual Short Film Competition
For the 2011 C&CI Short Film Competition, students are invited to focus a critical gaze into the future of the African urban environment and specifically the role of concrete in it. The world’s population is moving, increasingly, towards urban environments. This is especially true in Africa. But what will these future cities look like and [...]
AfriSam wins Nedbank environmental award for CO2 emission reduction initiative
Black-controlled construction materials group, AfriSam, has won the environmental category of the Nedbank Capital Green Mining Awards for taking a definitive lead in managing down carbon emissions in the cement production process and for its world leading cement CO2 measurement and rating system. At an awards ceremony held at Nedbank’s head office in Sandton on [...]
Three designs with ‘fresh thinking’ win C&CI architectural competition
Innovative designs for a sustainable community building in Hillbrow, township library and community centre in Mamelodi, and Hartbeespoort Dam headquarters for a waterworks and forestry department, are the three winners of the Cement & Concrete Institute’s 2010 Architectural Student Design Competition. The annual C&CI competition this year formed part of ArchitectureZA.2010, a major architecture, design, [...]
Building the World Cup
With the 2010 Football World Cup just a year away, this issue of Leading Architecture is dedicated to the creation of the 10 stadiums in which this mammoth tournament will be played. And in the construction of the stadiums, cement and concrete cannot be ignored. From the facade of the iconic SoccerCity which is clad [...]
Latest Issue - May/June 2012
In This Issue:
- The Alexander Forbes head office campus by Paragon Architects
- The New Jerusalem Children’s Home by 4D+A Architects
- The Quarterdeck by CHT Architects
- The 2012 Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards
- Paragon Architects profile
