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Being the best link between your suppliers, the designers, tradesmen, and you the consumer in the built environment we work with various organizations in the sector, we distill information, synthesize solutions, and provide through this publication useful tools that offer a holistic approach to the construction and design movement. We publish valuable information, guidance, and best practices, and we include African art and modern house plans to ensure you stay well-informed and knowledgeable about architecture, design, and construction.

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Avoiding demolitions • Demolition—a word that strikes terror into the hearts of many owners. Here is how to avoid making that costly mistake that others have made.

How to avert buying air: do I need a real estate attorney? • Our reporter, Prosper (PRO), spoke to Mr Godfrey Nyamukuwa LLB (UZ) LLM (UZ), a legal practitioner with JULAH JULAH LAW FIRM in Harare on the 1st of August 2021 in Harare. Here you go—don’t just enjoy the knowledge, but digest it well!

10 tricks of the design trade

Let’s go window shopping • Windows and glazing are the most critical elements that define any building structure’s overall look.

The quest for fresh water • There can never be a productive society without water. It is more than a basic necessity and will remain at the core of any effective community.

Building a house like a business

How to choose a reputable contractor

Steel construction: information you should know • The design process encompasses the architectural design, the development of the structural concept, the analysis of the steel structure and the verification of members.

The language of lights • What is architectural lighting?

Buying land in Zimbabwe: a guideline • The City of Harare, in a Facebook post dated 13 October 2019, laid out tips on how to buy stands within Harare.

Designing your kitchen • If you’re planning a kitchen, you must keep a few essential kitchen layout ideas in mind while designing and planning.

Design of the month

Design Classics

The art of living: inside the world of Zimbabwe’s leading interior designer

Design Tips