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How to win awards for innovative architecture:Part 1

Amy Thompson, a University of Cape Town (UCT) architectural student, was the winner of this year’s Corobrik Most Innovative Final Year Landscape Architecture Project award. Her thesis, titled We are Europe, critiques the perception of informality...
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Global coal demand to reach 9 billion tonnes by 2019

Global demand for coal over the next five years will continue to rise and eventually, break the 9-billion-tonne level by 2019. This is according to an annual Medium-Term Coal Market Report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) released late last...

JBay suffers festive infrastructure collapse

Those who visited Jeffrey’s Bay this past festive season were met with a town in a state of disrepair as issues with water supply, power and sewage made headlines. According to JBay News the town suffered a power failure which lasted three days,...

Green walls keep noise at bay

Green walls offer greater potential for absorbing noise. This is according to an agricultural engineer from the University of the Basque Country. Zaloa Azkorra, who is conducting research at the University’s School of Mining and Public Works...