Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa March/April 2014 | Page 38

The office tower is
separated from the 4
storey parking base by
means of a double volume
open undercroft, into
which is slid an office pod
at the one end with the
cafe and entertainment
deck on top

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of Cape Town over the last four years with a total
rentable area of 42,000m². 
Strauss Daly Place, named after the attorneys
who committed to the largest space in the
12,000m2 office building, was the fifth office
block development in this series initiated by
FWJK who pioneered the co-development at
Cost Method of developing office and industrial
properties. 
He added ... “we cut out the middleman in
the development process and offer a fee-driven
alternative solution to traditional sectional title
property developers who add upwards of 20%
profit onto cost on sectional title developments
which results in our developments coming in
at least  20% below market prices, providing
purchasers with embedded  value and a
bankable product. 

The brief given to Elphick Proome Architects
(EPA) by FWJK for this 11,500m² office block,
known as Strauss Daly Place, was to provide total
flexibility in terms of floor plate layout as well
as elevational flexibility in terms of balconies
provided to each office.
At concept stage, the status of the sales
uptake was not known and FWJK had to ensure
that it was able to offer prospective purchasers
any office suite size above 130m², but each
with its own balcony of varying proportions,
which has been well interpreted by EPA in the
final product.
STRUCTURAL / CIVIL ENGINEER’S COMMENT
Hatch Goba provided the Civil and
Structural Engineering services for Ridge 5
Office Development.

Strauss Daly Place