W.M. de Kock Associates

17/07/2022

Jane Jacobs se boek en idees het my jare terug laat d**k. En ek d**k nog steeds hoe kan die konvensionele denke verander word.

How Sesame Street embodied the urbanist principles of Jane Jacobs.

17/07/2022

Jane Jacobs het jare terug my siening van konvensionele beplanning in terme van straatuitlegte taamlik geskok. Tog lyk dit vandag of party idees steeds van toepassing
kan wees en die 'establishment' stteds nie luister nie.

How Sesame Street embodied the urbanist principles of Jane Jacobs.

01/06/2022

Wanneer laas het ons regte dorpsontwikkeling soos van ouds gesien?

An interview with Steve Nygren, developer of Serenbe, Georgia, about how Serenbe is unlike conventional suburbia, and why Nygren thinks it holds lessons for how all of our communities could achieve a better way of life at a lower cost.

25/04/2022

Wanneer radikaal oor vernuwing ged**k word....

More than one-half mile of elevated expressway was demolished in the heart of downtown Montréal to make way for a spectacular ground-level urban boulevard and over six acres of continuous public space, bookended by two monumental sculptures.

19/04/2022

Laat mens d**k, watter vrae moet ons in die Suid Kaap vra...

It is the experiences of real people that should guide our planning efforts. Their actions are the data we should be collecting, not their stated preferences.

01/04/2022

Nou weet die publiek hoe dit werk.

GEORGE NEWS - George Municipality would like...

30/03/2022

Waar in die Wes Kaap kan ons 'n gedeelte van 'n dorp heeltemal verkeersvry maak?

Whether residents travel by gondola or horse-drawn carriage, these towns offer a change of pace from the whirling engines and constant traffic of other cities.

16/03/2022

Great urbanism: if it’s good enough for a vacation, then it’s good enough for everyday life.

07/12/2021

Eerste werklike hoë digtheid projek in die Suidkaap. Mosselbaai.

By entering the final stages of yet another flagship project by Ruwacon, we are excited to share its progress. With the Louis Fourie Housing project consisti...

18/10/2021

Ons skemaregulasies beperk deesdae hierdie spontane ontwikkeling oor tyd.

What if the “beautiful dream” of a Main Street urbanism isn’t available? What can be done to adapt that dream to auto-dependent suburbs? More than you might expect.

27/09/2021

Interessante konsep, maar watter munisipaliteit in SA kan dit bekostig en wie het die politieke wil om ontwikkeling te dryf?

If big developers keep snatching up huge plots of land in my city, I may never own a home. But if land is sold in smaller increments, that means more opportunities for small developers and home owners.