Modular homes are making a grand entrance in South Africa

Posted on :Thursday , 22nd March 2018

 The move from free-standing homes can be linked to high property prices – which shows that South Africans living in the country’s most populated provinces can expect to pay well over a 1 million rand for a home.

 As owners opt for townhouses and flats over free-standing properties South African homes are becoming smaller.

Most people use them as their main. . .

Increasing the logging and export potential of Cameroon

Posted on :Saturday , 2nd December 2017

 To ensure that only legally sawn wood is used in the country the Center for International Forestry Research has started a campaign

Cameroon is well known for being an international timber exporter, and as Africa's largest . . .

Japanese architect to design 20,000 homes for refugees in Kenya

Posted on :Friday , 11th August 2017

 Shigeru said he got involved after hearing about the immense challenges facing humanitarian agencies in providing shelter to tens of thousands of refugees arriving in the area from countries such as South Sudan.

Kenya: Furniture Designer Makes Impossible Dreams Come Alive in Wood

Posted on :Friday , 11th August 2017

 Painted and gleaming wood surfaces might have been all the rage in the past, but natural wood pieces are slowly taking over. And nowhere does this come to life more than at Rampel Designs furniture production studio.

Kenyans take liking to German furniture

Posted on :Friday , 11th August 2017

 Tucked away in a bungalow off Ngong Road in Nairobi, just behind Uchumi Supermarket, is Niche Décor Furniture, which boasts a collection of German furniture dating back more than 50 years ago  but made in classical Victorian design. Niche Décor Furniture deals in a variety of items, including chairs, tables, lampshades, grandfather clocks, paintings and other wooden fun. . .