CR June 2010
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Moses Mabhida Stadium
The most amazing aspect of the stadium will be an arch that spans the entire length of the arena, reaching a height of 106 metres at its highest point. A cable car will take tourists up to the top where they will have a 360-degree, bird's-eye view of the city. The Moses Mabhida Stadium has changed the way sporting venues are viewed in South Africa. A stadium may be venerated as the scene of many an epic clash, but it need not be a monolith that only comes alive on "match day" - or when the members of the band plug in their guitars.
Cathedral of Christ the Light
The Cathedral of Christ the Light provides a sanctuary in the broadest sense of the word, this house of worship offers a sense of solace, spiritual renewal, and respite from the secular world. The Cathedral employs a non-linear approach to honour the church’s 2,000-year history without forcing a specific point of view. By stripping away received iconography, the design positions symbolic meaning within contemporary culture. The approachable result remains open to the region’s ever-changing multi-cultural makeup and to the future.
Road Surfacing Industry goes green
As part of the drive to reducing the carbon footprint of the South African road construction industry our road industry specifiers should be encouraged to implement established and readily available technologies, says leading bituminous road surfacing producer and supplier, COLAS South Africa. “A good road network is one of the main drivers of economic development, ensuring a better quality of life for people via safe and efficient corridors for transporting goods and services locally and internationally.” Says Mr Hugues de Champs, Managing Director of Colas South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Architect Joe Addo
I am convinced that it is time for creative people to be engaged in Africa’s development, hijacked by technocrats for centuries. There are new fresh ideas out there, never tapped, because the proponents are not mainstream enough.
Could you imagine if Bill Gates or Richard Branson were African? They would have been ostracised for dropping out of college. As Africans we need to recognise the power of the marginal and dare to be different. We can never develop using the same strategies of the West.
Joe Osae Addo.
