Behind Cape Town’s changing skyline
Several architecturally interesting buildings are under construction in the Mother City, including South Africa’s version of the Bosco Verticale, the famous high-rise vertical forest in Milan
Cape Town is fast becoming a hub for cutting-edge building design, with several new developments pushing the eco-architecture envelope.
In 2022, the development pipeline in the city centre alone included 22 new building projects and redevelopments worth an estimated R3.5bn, according to the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/q1ugC2Rq3msWyVkMUBujaU?domain=capetownccid.org)'s (CCID) State of Cape Town Central City Report 2022 (https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/VYRzC1jp2lFxW6pVFGGv39?domain=capetownccid.org). Many have recently been completed or are nearing completion, several of which are high-rise residential or mixed-use projects — developments that combine work, stay and play components to cater for the surging demand for inner-city living and short-stay tourist accommodation - and have recently been completed or are nearing completion. ..
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