Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa January/February 2015

INTERIOR Comair Slow Lounge Comair recently added a very stylish and comfortable addition to their existing lounge for passengers to enjoy whilst waiting for their flights at Cape Town International Airport INTERIOR DESIGN: TONIC INTERIORS ARCHITECTS: BLUEPRINT ARCHITECTS A rchitects Brief The brief from Comair to Blueprint Architects called for collaboration with Tonic to extend and refurbish the existing Slow Lounge at Cape Town International Airport to meet increased demand from passengers using Comair flights and FNB’s loyalty programme on domestic routes. Solution Blueprint Architects were responsible for the new Central Terminal Building completed in 2010 and the building owner, the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA), were confident with Blueprint’s proposed extension out on to the roof of the fourth 76 PHOTOGRAPHY BY: WIELAND GLEICH floor of the existing building to expand the existing Slow Lounge mezzanine level (fifth floor) covered by a

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