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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
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General Motors Rebrands To Autoworld Zimbabwe
In August this year the iconic General Motors building on Silwood Close, overlooking the roundabout in Chisipite, was rebranded and renovated to become Autoworld Zimbabwe. The General Motors franchise incorporated Isuzu, Chevrolet and Opal whereas Autoworld Zimbabwe is now a dedicated exclusive Isuzu dealership. Autoworld Zimbabwe is authorised to market high end, quality Isuzu pickups,
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EASTGATE MARKET SET TO BEGIN TRANSFORMATION OF HARARE’S CBD
Cities generally tend to grow in an organic way with new neighbourhoods being developed while older areas fall into decay. The way cities function also changes over time in line with shifting demands from residents and businesses. Inner city decay is a major problem all around the world. Across the United States from New York
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Lighting World opens their new Avondale showroom
LIGHTING WORLD opened their brand new showroom in Avondale in May this year, where the old Mugg and Bean used to be, and they are planning another new shop in Bulawayo later in the year. Their main branch, which opened in 2011, is situated along Mutare Road in Msasa. Lighting World is a locally grown
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Superstructures Steel – smartly built
Superstructures and sister company Agristructures fall under the umbrella of The Steel Building Company (Pvt) Ltd. Agristructures, as the name suggests, specialises in catering for the agricultural industry, in particular providing storage, sorting sheds and drying tunnels for tobacco growers. Other applications for their steel buildings include massive storage sheds for farm implements like tractors
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Steel Brands – manufacturing with an eye on the environment
Steel Brands has recently commissioned a new steel processing and manufacturing plant in Harare with an initial outlay of around $12 million, a signifcant investment in the future of Zimbabwe’s economy. Not only is it expected to create around 450 employment opportunities (and extensive skills training), it will save the country valuable forex from importing
