Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa January/February 2015 | Page 78
BLUEPRINT ARCHITECTS
JOHANNESBURG: 011 447 4190
CAPE TOWN: 021 426 2622
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.blueprint.co.za
Blueprint Architects was established
in 2000 as a permanent joint venture
company between Jonker & Barnes
Architects and KMH Architects,
providing
architectural,
interior
design and space planning services.
The combined resources of the
two practices provide a substantial
resource base to engage in large
projects which enable Blueprint
Architects to further its BEE and
Employment Equity aims.
TONIC
JOHANNESBURG: 011 327 2028
SHOWROOM: 011 262 4513
3 Desmond Road, Kramerville
Web: www.tonicdesign.co.za
Tonic is a design consultancy that
offers clients a comprehensive service
for their projects. With considerable
experience across the fields of
corporate, retail and hospitality
design, our clean-lined aesthetic and
meticulous detailing have been widely
acclaimed. From large-scale planning
and project management through to
curatorship of private homes, every
Tonic interior is characterised by a
bold use of shape and form, and an
unusual juxtaposition of elements.
Additional luxury toilets and two new
‘Room with a View’ toilet cubicles have
been added to augment this popular
feature to five such cubicles.
The lower level kitchen was completely
revamped to include induction plate
cooking facilities and new cold room
storage. This kitchen serves the new
upper kitchen by means of a dumb waiter.
On the upper level, a new suspended
tunnel fire escape bridge was designed as
an escape route from the lounge into the
existing fire escape stairwell adjacent.
Technical & Construction
KFDW Structural Engineers assisted
Blueprint Architects with a design
solution which allowed for modular
constructability. A crane, with limited
reach, delivered materials to the roof
deck for transport to the site. A steel
support structure for the façade, with an
integrated cleaning platform, was built
initially, to enclose the roof deck and
allow for further work to take place. The
specialised sound proof double curtain
wall panels were fitted internally.
Interior Design Brief
The brief to Tonic was twofold. The
existing Slow Lounge had proven to
be very successful and was under huge
pressure to expand to meet the increased
capacity. The need to extend the lounge
had been looked at for some time but it
took a lot of planning to get the approvals
for the extension due to the nature of the
FULCRUM FLOORING
Sydney: 082 552 7766
[email protected]
Fulcrum Flooring is proud to complete
another quality timber floor for Comair
Slow Lounge. Fulcrum supply and
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nationwide. Our products also
include timber decking and pergolas,
decorative cement floors, polished
concrete and decorative cement wall
finishes. Our innovative range X TEC
Stoneflow and X TEC Superflow was
launched last year, creating a buzz in
the market due to its versatility and
custom options. Visit our Ideas Center
in JHB with everything under 1 roof.
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