Here is another great article published in yesterday’s Cape Argus (Sept 9, 2010) by my colleagues, Lorelle Bell and Alexandra Jongens, in support of Cape Town’s bid for the title of World Design Capital 2014. Through the WDC bid process, we are asking the question: how do we use design…
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The ‘unhappy compromise’ shows signs of coming of age
The Cape Town Foreshore has been described as an ‘unhappy compromise’ resulting in series of ‘wind-blown stretches of asphalt and concrete, filled with car parks and roaring traffic, inaccessible to pedestrians.’* Yet on a still winter’s morning, in the early dawn light, on foot, the Foreshore can almost be beautiful.…
Cape Town Squared (or how some of our most valuable public assets are not being properly used)
Do you remember the popular zebra artworks dotted around public spaces in Cape Town during the World Cup? Well, they’ve now migrated to the Artscape Piazza on the Foreshore.
The 33 zebras form an exhibition entitled ‘Not all is Black and White’, by the World for All…
Cape Town Station Square – unburied treasure
We haven’t quite yet begin to realise the future potential of the new Cape Town Station Square. Situated right in the middle of the Cape Town CBD, the construction of the new Square was initially driven by the need for a public evacuation area, so that the CT Station can conform to international transport safety…
Cape Town Central City: Reclaiming people’s spaces (part one)
When Jan Gehl, world-renowned architect who focuses on ’life between buildings’ visited in 2004, he described pedestrians in Cape Town as a ‘hunted race’. He was right. Thanks to grievous urban planning errors in the 1970s, a six-lane race track called Strand Street intersects with an eight-lane monstrosity called the Heerengracht, creating…
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Perverse outcomes? New bicycle lanes in Cape Town CBD add space for cars
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Who is championing Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transport system?
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Why the Cape Town airport shuttle isn’t working
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Cape Town’s Bid to host 2011 UN Climate Change Conference
- Cape Town loses bid to host UN Climate Change Conference in 2011
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For sure, freeways?
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Wooden cobbles recently discovered in Adderley Street
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Integrated Rapid Transport in Cape Town – no other alternative
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Cape Town Station Square – unburied treasure
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Cape Town shows the world how to street party
- Designing better sanitation services in informal settlements: Cape Town’s R138m Special Jobs Creation Programme has real potential to add impetus
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Stop the Secrecy Bill: Pictures from Right2Know march, Cape Town, 17 September
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Looking for Africa
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The ABC of the EDA in Cape Town and the Western Cape
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Who will lead the economic inclusion agenda when working class leaders abandon that role through ill-disciplined actions?
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Going up: Cape Town’s tallest building since 1993 represents more than a property development
- Introducing the new Cape Economic Development Agency
- Designing a fairer future – why Cape Town is bidding for World Design Capital 2014
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Paradise Road: An inspiring story about Zimbabweans in Cape Town
- Five reasons why making the World Design Capital 2014 shortlist is a good thing for Cape Town
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Christo Fabricius: Knowledge, education and skills development should...
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Etienne du Plessis: Hi Andrew, I conduct a photo stream on Old Cape...
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Greeff Kotzé: Rashiq Fataar 02 December 10 at 20:32 # "I will g...
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Tessa: Hi, I sent you a message via facebook regarding yo...
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Mark Dean Brown: Why doesn't the City offer some sort of tax incent...
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James de Villiers: That's great but still these are only expectations...
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Uhuru: 2.The strength of the visitor destination brand vs...
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Socomo: I'm very keen to see the final design. It's a pity...
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