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FIRST DRAFT 08 INTERNATIONAL The new Apple store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, US, designed with Foster + Partners, creates new connections between the city and the Chicago River.
BLUEPRINT 10 DISCOVERY PLACE The iconic new head office of health, life and shortterm insurance providers Discovery in Sandton, Johannesburg, humanises corporate architecture.
58 DRAWING BOARD What’s new in the world of architecture and design.
17 INVERMARK HOUSE
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SAOTA director Stefan Antoni revives a 1969 architectural gem in the leafy suburb of Higgovale, below the iconic Table Mountain in Cape Town.
20 THE CLUB Property developer and investor Atterbury’s new Pretoria head office creates an environment for talented people to achieve in and foster growth.
28 DRIVELINES The first large-scale residential container development in South Africa challenges conventional ideas of city living.
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