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BEST NEW PUBLIC

BUILDING

JOINT WINNER

Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town,

by Heatherwick Studio

Grand gestures define Cape Town’s new

Zeitz MOCAA. As a much-heralded

cultural waypoint, the vast converted

grain silos are proving to be a key draw on

the city’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.

Topped by the exclusive Silo Hotel, the

new home to Jochen Zeitz’s impressive

collection of contemporary African

art is a concrete catacomb of galleries.

Heatherwick Studio has made typically

bold strokes at the building’s heart,

making elaborate cuts into the

structure’s concrete cylinders to form

a towering, quasi-organic atrium.

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THIS PICTURE, ZEITZ MOCAA’S
MAIN ATRIUM WAS CARVED OUT
OF FORMER GRAIN SILOS.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY IWAN BAAN
OPPOSITE, THE FAÇADE
OF THE YVES SAINT LAURENT
MUSEUM, WITH LACE-LIKE
BRICKWORK AND PINK
MOROCCAN GRANITO
STONE. PHOTOGRAPHED
BY DAN GLASSER

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