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Career Opportunities: May 2012

Position: Architect Experience: Minimum of 8 years – Design, Documentation, Council Approval and Project Administration Experience in Commercial Projects Ability to work on simultaneous projects Able to interact with Clients and Consultants Engage in Site visits and inspections Responsibilities: Manage full Architectural process (stage 1 – 6) from inception to close-out Manage staff and internal [...]

Designing never stops

At the 43rd SAPOA Convention Exhibition, the Paragon Group stand, designed by Paragon Architects, was voted top medium sized exhibition stand by popular electronic vote by all congress participants. The stand included holographic images of current and completed projects, a vast touch screen, and a luminescent hovering roof.

Paragon awarded top honours at SAPOA Conference

The 15 Alice Lane Towers project has scooped the top ‘Overall Winner’ award at the 43rd SAPOA Awards for Innovative excellence in Property Development. At the same awards function, held on Thursday 12 May 2011 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, the 15 Alice Lane Towers project was voted ‘Best Office Development’ for 2011.

Online 1 Protea Place Review

Please take the time to view the online review on 1 Protea Place by Design> at: http://issuu.com/DESIGNinformation/docs/protea_place_special_report?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fdark%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true

Online AFGRI Head Office Review

Please take the time to view the online review on the AFGRI Head Office by Design> at: http://issuu.com/DESIGNinformation/docs/afrgi_special_report?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fdark%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true

Online 15 Alice Lane Towers Review

Please take the time to view the online review on 15 Alice Lane Towers by Design> at: http://issuu.com/DESIGNinformation/docs/15_alice_lane_towers_special_report?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fdark%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true

Cape Town F1-bid

Many questions have been asked about the afterlife of the Soccer World Cup stadiums, especially in cities like Cape Town which do not have strong soccer clubs with massive stadium-based fan support. An interesting, if controversial, proposal is the inclusion of the Cape Town Stadium as part of a Formula 1 motor racing circuit in [...]

SAISC Award for Cape Town Stadium

The Cape Town Stadium was announced on 15 September 2010 as the overall winner in all categories in the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) Steel Awards 2010. Paragon Architects participated in the Stadium Architects JV, and was responsible for the roof project through POINT Architects & Urban Designers. The judges said that the [...]

Wallpaper* Architect Directory – Top 200 South Africa

South African Architects Directory Paragon architects Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology of South Africa (DACST) The bar has been raised in institutional head office design in South Africa, with the recently completed design for the national department of Arts, Culture, Science and technology by Paragon Architects. http://www.wallpaper.com/gallery/travel/top-200-south-africa/17052136/36853

Paragon Architects Director invited to join the Advisory Board of the Architecture Department at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Henning Rasmuss, director of Paragon Architects, has been c in Cape Town. The Advisory Board is a management initiative of the new Head of Department, Professor Raman. The function of the Advisory Board is to add knowledge and experience and industry-related feedback into executive decision-making at the Department and the University. The Advisory Board will also [...]

AFGRI head office: completion and handover to client and tenant

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it really an office building? Many of our colleagues and consultants have asked similar questions in recent months about the utterly unusual Paragon-designed building that has been under construction between the John Vortser and Botha Avenue off-ramps in Centurion, Tshwane. Highly visible from the adjacent freeway, the building [...]

Paragon Architectd appointed as one of three preferred architectural partners by Audi South Africa

Paragon Architects has been appointed by Audi South Africa as one of three preferred architectural partners on the design roll-out and implementation of Audi’s new corporate image architecture. The Audi brand in South Africa is re-establishing its visual identity through a number of stand-alone showrooms known as ‘Audi Terminals’, which are a clear and ambitious [...]

Cape Town Stadium on Wallpaper* magazine cover

The November 2010 issue of global design magazine Wallpaper* features the Top 20 design highlights of South Africa. Included in these is the 15 Alice Lane Towers building by Paragon Architects, in Sandton Central. The cover of the magazine features the Cape Town stadium in Green Point, in which we participated as Joint Venture partners [...]

Greenpoint Stadium announced as winner of SAISC award

The Greenpoint Stadium won the national 2010 South African Institute of Steel Construction Award for the roof, facade and other steel elements. The announcement was made at the SAISC awards ceremony on Wednesday evening the 15th of September 2010. We thank and congratulate all parties involved in this magnificent project.

Architect Africa Film Festival 2010

Paragon is a Silver sponsor for this year’s Architects Africa Film festival. For the full festival programme see: http://aaff.co.za/sites/default/files/aaff%20film%20programme%20low.pdf

Paragon Architects – Timension Project

July 2010 Paragon Architects has formed a Strategic Partnership with the Brazil-based Hans Donner Group, the initiators of the Timension Project. The intention of the partnership is to promote the urban implementation of the Timension Project in Africa and Brazil. Timension Project is a new visual representation of the passage of time based on the [...]

GlassExpo Africa 2010

Henning Rasmuss and Anthony Orelowitz will be guest speakers when the South African glass industry comes under the spotlight at Glass Expo Africa 2010. The event is to be held at the MTN Expo Centre, Nasrec from 8 to 11 September. The 2008 inaugural Glass Expo was an industry first for Africa and was labelled [...]

Cape Town Stadium roof structure wins German Steel Construction Prize 2010

The roof structure project of the new Cape Town Stadium in Green Point, Cape Town, has been awarded the German Steel Construction Prize 2010. (‘Deutscher Stahlbaupreis 2010′). This is a prestigious annual award with only one winning project across all categories of entries.

Anthony Orelowitz speaks at Facade Design Conference

Anthony Orelowitz will address the Facade Design Conference 2010 in Sandton between 2 to 5 August 2010.

Evolver includes 15 Alice Lane Towers in album art

The new Evolver CD cover features the half-completed building as a backdrop.

Paragon Ikemeleng JV Wins Invited Competition for Office Tower

South Africa’s Public Investment Corporation (PIC), the largest institutional property owner in the country, has selected the entry by Paragon Ikemeleng Architects JV as the winning scheme in an invited architectural competition held in January 2010.

Cape Town 2010 Fifa World Cup Stadium Handed Over to Client on Time

At 15h30 on 21 December 2009, the Cape Town Stadium at Green Point was handed over to the client, the City of Cape Town, one and a half hours before the contractual deadline. This brings to a conclusion the design and construction phase of Cape Town’s 68.000-seat soccer stadium, in which Paragon Architects has been [...]

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