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DESIGN AT HIFA 2017
Talk about outdoor relaxation and lazy Sunday’s, china hanging swing chairs are the next trend. Need we say more? Just from the image, one would know where exactly to place it, whilst you feel time pass away in supreme comfort and serenity Feelings that rise by the touch of someone’s hand, the sound of music,…
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New Child friendly eye clinic opened in Bulawayo
FOR ANY patient visiting a hospital it can be a daunting and slightly scary experience. For children, particularly for children with a sight related problem, it can be frightening and intimidating, especially as most hospitals are usually cold and clinical. A notable exception is the Paediatric Ophthalmic Eye Unit at the Richard Morris Hospital (part…
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Fire Sprinkler Systems
IT’S amazing, most people think that in the case of a fire breaking out in a building that has a commercial sprinkler system installed all of the sprinkler heads will go off at the same time. Never has anything been further from the truth. In the vast majority of incidents one or two sprinkler heads…
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PPC Zimbabwe : From cement to a home
PPC has been building Zimbabwe for 104 years, supplying building materials and solutions for every project, from start to finish. This year, PPC Zimbabwe was a proud exhibitor at the Harare Agricultural Show, demonstrating the Home EcoKit under the theme “From Cement to A Home”, in line with this year’s Zimbabwe Agricultural Show theme “From…
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DREAM CREATE LIVE
WELL-DESIGNED AND READY FOR BUSINESS, WE TOOK A TRIP TO MSASA TO SEE THE NEW ELITE INTERIORS SHOWROOM. THE LOOK AND FEEL GAVE A PROMISE OF OUTSTANDING PRODUCTS AND A HIGH LEVEL OF QUALITY. IT TURNS OUT IT WAS ALL THAT AND MORE… IT IS every designer’s hope to have beautiful products to sell. Crafting…
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ELEGANCE, SECURITY & CONVENIENCE
EDGEWATER VILLAS is an upmarket complex of eight separate prestigious townhouses situated on Piers Road directly opposite Sam Levy’s Village in Borrowdale. The Village offers just about everything that sophisticated, modern city dwellers could possibly want, including a wide range of upmarket stores, supermarkets, home décor and garden experts, medical practitioners, gyms and fitness centres,…
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City, Life, Culture
At the National Gallery of Zimbabwe was a travelling architecture exhibition organised by the Japan Foundation. This exhibition was made in cooperation with the Architectural Institute of Japan. It focuses on Japanese architecture of 1996-2006, with the aim of conveying accurate picture of Japan’ s architectural profession in those ten years, during which it generated…
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A new way of thinking about Learning Centres
THE Alan Megahey Learning Resource Centre (LRC) at Peterhouse Boys School, just outside Marondera, represents a new way of looking at education and interacting with information for senior school students from both the boys’ and girls’ schools. It was made possible by a very generous (around US$1.5 million) anonymous donation. Alan Megahey was a former…
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new GWERU flagship site
Puma Energy Zimbabwe continues to grow its service station foot print by investing and developing sites in key and strategic locations. The most recent development has been the Gweru Megawatt service station developed in partnership with ZEIPF. Located at the entrance of the Megawatt Mall, the Puma service station welcomes both the weary traveller and…
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Polycarbonate (PC)
Polycarbonate is a versatile material used extensively as a roof-light glazing. It is very resistant to impact, transmits high levels of light, is relatively easy to use and it has a good fire rating. Polycarbonate is one of the newer plastics to be used in the construction industry around the world. MODEK uses the highest-grade…
