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Plascon renews sponsorship of Decorex SA for the 20th year

Decorex SA is proud to announce that for the 20th consecutive year, Plascon will once again be the headline sponsor of Decorex SA in 2013. This renewed partnership confirms the synergy between two of South Africa’s best known, trusted and well-loved décor brands. Plascon, South Africa’s leading coatings manufacturer has proudly sponsored Decorex SA for [...]

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Decorex Durban 2013

KZN’s finest décor, design and lifestyle expo themed ‘bliss’ promises to provide plenty of design and décor ideas and inspiration, a showcase of the latest decor trends as well as lots to buy and loads of practical know-how. Decorex Durban’s customary demo’s and how to’s promise to inspire a whole new approach to home living [...]

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KZNIA hosts New Paradigms Conference

The KwaZulu-Natal Institute for Architecture (KZNIA) will hold their 2012 Conference themed “New Paradigms” at the Docklands Hotel in Durban on October 26 and 27. New Paradigms marks a positive development in the evolution of the popular KZN Architectural Education Conference, now in its fourth year. The conference now includes SAFAL Steel as title sponsor [...]

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Sika re-commits to Responsible Care 2012

Friday 13th July was an auspicious day for Sika when the Responsible Care Public Commitment was re-signed by MD Paul Adams and witnessed by the staff contingent at Sika’s Head Office in Westmead, Durban.   Responsible Care is an initiative of the global chemical industry in which companies, through their national associations (CAIA in South [...]

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Investec Property refurbishes Durban site for logistics company Thrutainers

Investec Property, in partnership with logistics company Thrutainers, has completed the refurbishment of a strategically located site in Prospecton, Durban, opposite the proposed entrance to the new port of Durban, and the old airport.   “Durban is growing as a central location for businesses and a distribution hub of goods via shipments into South Africa [...]

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Architectural Photography

It is said that there’s only two prerequisites for creating beautiful imagery, an interesting subject and beautiful light. If you bring those two elements together then something quite visually magical starts to happen. There’s sensational imagery to be found everywhere if one has a keen enough eye. Being passionate about architecture & construction and having [...]

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New BMW showroom in KZN selects Johnson Controls’ turnkey York chiller solution

The new BMW showroom on Edwin Swales Drive in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal will have an eye-catching double volume glass display frontage. Facing north-west, the showrooms will catch much of the midday and late afternoon sun. With the comfort of customers and staff paramount, a turnkey air conditioning and environmental control solution was needed. Johnson Controls in [...]

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Affordable housing development for upmarket Durban suburb

Construction will soon start on the first affordable housing development in upmarket Umhlanga near Durban. The Mews, comprised of 477 sectional title units, will also be the first development in the province of KwaZulu-Natal financed by International Housing Solutions, the global private equity funder of affordable housing, which has to date financed projects with a [...]

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Nazareth House building gets a renewed lease on life

Perched above the Durban city centre and Indian Ocean, the leafy suburb of Berea features an eclectic mix of architectural styles that hint at the colonial days of old. Amongst the various Victorian, Edwardian, Art Deco and Modern architectural gems stands a 117 year old building that up until recently was known as Nazareth House. [...]

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TAL opens new production plant in Durban

TAL has expanded its footprint with a new production plant in Durban, which launched on 1 September this year in Springfield Park, central Durban.   As the leading tile adhesive manufacturing company in South Africa and part of Norcros SA, TAL boasts established production plants in Johannesburg and Cape Town, and now has a truly [...]

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