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Architecture should be fun, say self-proclaimed '80s babies ANDRÉ KRIGE and THEO KRUGER, who draw as much inspiration from the first-ever PLAYSTATION CONTROLLER as they do from legends such as OLSON KUNDIG, RICHARD ROGERS and NORMAN FOSTER.
FOR ALL THE FUN André Krige and Theo Kruger so obviously have with their projects, they're pragmatists at heart. Take Uxolo as an example. Since its completion in 2021, the building's unique tapestry-inspired brickwork and bubblegum-pink balconies have been catnip to content creators, yet André says their goal wasn't to create Instagram-mable architecture.
"One of the worst things about our job is that we demolish a hell of a lot of buildings, and we hate it," he explains. "Our fundamental principle is to design buildings intended to stand for more than a 100 years. That sometimes means not looking at the most environmentally friendly materials - but if the same site is repurposed every 10 or 15 years, the environmental impact is drastically larger. We say, let's rather create architecture that's not boring and won't make people want to break it down five years from now."
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