Another mall. No, really, another one. Doesn’t Klerksdorp already have two? How many malls can a town that size sustain?
At least there’s a giant, swooshy roof to distract us from what will inevitably be another faceless box in the landscape.
Perhaps it’s a metaphor for the death of another small town centre. The death of resposible urbanism in modern-day South Africa. The death of another investment fund duped into backing 60,000 squares of unnecessary, ill-conceived, ill-fated retail architecture.
Anyone know who the architects on this one are?
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Beutiful!!!!!!!!!!
Presumably you’re not talking about the architecture!
Think its Stauch Vorster but can’t be sure. Remember seeing it pinned on the boardroom wall at Abacus offices.
@ Nic_s,
Well, I can’t find it on their website. They can’t be very proud of it. Also their site is a bad copy of Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s website — http://www.dsrny.com. WTF? Idiots.
Matlosana mall is by Stauch Voster Architects
Love your work silentbee we need more criticism to educate the public and give these architects a kick in the backside.