Beyond brick and mortar, South Africans are increasingly considering new and alternative building methods and techniques...
Jolene Blundell 7 Jan 2019
Transit-oriented development is the exciting fast-growing trend in creating vibrant, livable, sustainable communities...
Karen Petersen 7 Jan 2019
2019 will usher in a quarter of a century since South Africa has been addressing post-apartheid challenges...
Ziyad Adroos 7 Jan 2019
Nigerian startup Landhouse has launched a platform that allows for the crowdfunding of property development...
Tom Jackson 10 Oct 2018
This month, a new report shows that Malta has edged out Hong Kong as the territory or country with the highest residential price gains. With such rampant development on the island, Malta's national bird should perhaps be... the crane?
Marcus ‘The Maltese Falcon’ Brewster 21 Sep 2018
Founded in 2010 by Marloes Reinink, Solid Green Consulting is all about advancing sustainability in the African built environment...
Sindy Peters 3 Aug 2018
A powerful lesson in how to turn vision into reality...
Gil Sperling 15 Jun 2018
Time. There is never enough of it. It is an increasingly valuable commodity for all South Africans across the entire social and economic spectrum...
Paul Gerard 12 Jan 2018
In today's rapidly changing and fiercely competitive marketplace, it is innovative brands that come out on top. The big problem is that only a few companies in South Africa are spending enough money on research and development...
Werner van Antwerpen 9 Jan 2018
The development of shipping containers in the 1950s transformed the face of the transport industry...
Leon Breytenbach 11 Dec 2017
Property developer Propertuity partnered recently with New York-based architecture firm and upcycling experts LOT-EK in creating South Africa's first large-scale residential container development, Drivelines...
Sindy Peters 28 Sep 2017
The new Tsogo Sun SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl and the StayEasy Cape Town City Bowl enables both business and leisure travellers of all budgets a place to explore what Cape Town has to offer...
Robin Fredericks 18 Sep 2017
Rishabh Thapar sat down with a group of panellists at THINC Africa 2017 to discuss challenges in hotel development...
Robin Fredericks 6 Sep 2017
It's a problem for many city residents - finding a safe and affordable home where you don't have to commute long distances to work...
Nicholas Stopforth 30 Aug 2017
In today's crazy technology age, we are seeing many new developments being incorporated into the home...
Riaan Graham 3 Aug 2017
One of the many pertinent questions asked at this year's African Utility Week was...
Sindy Peters 22 May 2017
In many professional fields, the explosion of multimedia options have given the public an array of resources and 'wisdom' on architecture, medicine, IT and graphics, to name a few...
Kevin Bingham 11 Jan 2017
Dissatisfied urbanites increasingly experience carbon emissions, resource indulgence, aching infrastructure and the resulting gridlock, disempowered local economies and degradation...
Donia Kamstra 10 Jan 2017
There remains a huge interest and demand in affordable housing in South Africa...
Karen Petersen 10 Jan 2017
The myth that cost outweighs yield for companies that invest in greener, more sustainable and stakeholder-driven policies has been debunked...
John Schooling 9 Jan 2017
Cities are "smart" when infrastructure, urban assets, public services, human and social capital, mobility systems and other forces are improved and optimised under ICT...
Nadir Jeeva 9 Jan 2017
Design Mission Africa is currently under way at the Sandton Convention Centre, bringing together stakeholders of the real estate industry to solve trade challenges, discuss sustainability issues and encourage investment...
Jessica Tennant 18 Nov 2016
43% of Africa's urban population lives below the poverty line..
Sindy Peters 7 Nov 2016
With over 13 years of property industry experience, Genevieve Naidoo began her career as a junior quantity surveyor...
Sindy Peters 16 Aug 2016
The R14bn Blue Rock Village development will comprise 1000 luxury residential apartments built on 40 hectares of land...
Sindy Peters 23 May 2016
The construction and engineering sectors are currently facing slower growth that is expected to continue into the first quarter of 2016. There is however room for optimism...
William Johnston 18 Jan 2016
In 2010, Penny Streeter and her husband buy a house in the prestigious Benguela Cove estate on the Bot River Lagoon near Hermanus. Shortly afterwards the developer dies and the property development slowed to a crawl, causing the homeowners to wonder about their investment...
Nicci Botha 20 Oct 2015
