Housing in Southern Africa November 2015

Doors, Windows, Floors & Walls

T h e m a i n boardroom

was designed as a modern take on a traditional front room, complete with a ‘Property24 front door’, a fire-place shaped audio-visual unit, glazing vinyls reminiscent of Victorian balustrades, and framed internet icons in lieu of family portraits. “The Property24 developers’ team rooms were each given their own character and identity by means of brightly painted Bo-Kaap styled ter- race doors - eachwith its own unique, hand-sourced vintage ironmongery - along with clusters of street furniture to create non-corporate break-out spaces. “The flooring played an important part of Conduit Interior’s design to create a clever design that sible. It was a given that we would install a specific ‘price brack- et’ of carpet tile to the workspace areas, but we made the decision that instead of installing this in plain carpet tiles throughout, we would use the opportunity to be playful with the designs, textures and pat- terns, thereby building on the prop- erty related theme. KBAC Flooring’s experienced installers enabled us to achieve this through skilful cutting and installation of tricky patterns.” “Conduit Interior was given virtual free reins by the client for the interior designof the newpremiseswithin the confines of the budget. Property24’s main concernwas that the new space would embody what Property24 is - and what it does’,” Johnson added. ■ stretched the budget al- lowances as far as pos-

Colourful flooring KBAC Flooring has supplied and installed metro sheeting and Belgotex Berber Point 920 carpet tiles at the newProperty 24 Head Office in Rondebosch.

Johnson has worked closely with KBAC Flooring for many years and had no hesitation in again opting for the company’s product range and in- stallation expertise for this upmarket project. He says that his brief called for new head office space that reflected

S hane de Beer, Director of KBAC Flooring says that 1 025m² of colourful flooring was specified for the new offices as well as at the software development and holding company, Korbitec. G r a n t J o h n s o n of Conduit Interiors worked closely with KBAC Flooring on the project on design specifi- cations, creating interesting shapes and patterns. KBAC also provided Interface Colour Me bright coloured carpet tiles as inlays in the entrance area, vinyl wooden planks in the canteen and open areas, and Belgotex Westminster in Property 24’s boardroom. At Korbitec’s offices, Johnson opted for a combination of three colours of Berber Point 920 carpet tiles to create the striking 3-D design in the passage. The tiles in the main Korbitec reception area combines a customised design of two Interface Flow colours.

the company’s ‘fresh, energetic, dot- com brand, while still maintaining the highest level of practical func- tionality’. “Conduit Interior delivered on the brief by playfully juxtaposing tradi- tional property elements against a colourful modern interior, constantly ensuring that the client’s operational brief was met and that best practices were implemented,” he explained.

November 2015