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Screen Development. Choromanski Architects.

African Architecture Awards Countdown – Day 9

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uMkhumbane Museum. Choromanski Architects

African Architecture Awards Countdown – Day 10

#AfricanArchitectureAwardsCountdown uMkhumbane Museum Movie Entry uMkhumbane Museum Memories A 10 day countdown from conception to completion of the uMkhumbane Museum. A short glimpse into some of our favorite stories and photos along the journey from a community rich in culture and history. A community which resonates across the city. Culture     Community Person     …

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uMkhumbane Museum, Queen Thomo Memorial. Choromanski Architects

Unveiling of Queen Thomozile Jezangani KaNdwandwe Zulu final resting Place & the Museum – 28 May 2017

Light shed on Zulu queen’s burial site  10:41 03/10/2010 An Umlazi pensioner may have shed light on the final resting place of King Goodwill Zwelithini’s mother, Queen Thomo Jezangani Ndwandwe, who was buried secretly in Durban in the late 1950s. Makhosegazi Simelane-Buthelezi this week took City Press and the monarch’s representative, Prince Zeblon Zulu, to …

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Rivertown Beerhall. Choromanski Architects

The Rivertown Beerhall & Milne Drain Public Space – UIA 2014 congress,legacy project

Rivertown,Beer Hall,Milne Drain Development  Project by the Architecture Department,eThekwini Municipality and Choromanski Architects The city of Durban was originally a mangrove wetland and an adjacent secondary dune of the Durban Beach. Two Vleis, namely the eastern and western dominated the landscape, thereby restricting city settlement. The Milne Drain together with other drains that still exist, serve …

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uMkhumbane Museum, Cato Manor. Choromanski Architects

uMkhumbane_Cato Manor_Heritage Place- Africa Architecture Award 2017 Grand Prix Winner

 Project by the Architecture Department,eThekwini Municipality and Choromanski Architects Black Africans came to settle in Cato Manor during the 1920s, and rented land from Indian market gardeners who occupied the area since the early 20th century, as the apartheid system restricted settlement in the city. Cato Manor covers a geographical area of approximately 1800 hectares …

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Point Timeball Tower. Choromanski Architects

Crit’ical

When creatives present ideas – they are open to critique. This ‘crit’ is a space of inspiration, influence and potential devastation. We have taken this process of development and turned it into innovation. Crit, for Choromanski Architects, implies a creative melting space Music, sculpture, performance intertwined with community, social and economic. We imagine design in a …

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