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Highpoint Hillbrow

1972 · Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

14°C · 11.3h daylight · 5 km/h wind

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Highpoint Hillbrow

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · Exact work coordinates

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Highpoint Hillbrow

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Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Climate: 14°C · 11.3h daylight · 5 km/h wind

Mapping: Exact work coordinates

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Highpoint Hillbrow

1972 · Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Michael Graves Architecture & DesignMichael Graves Architecture & Design

1964 · Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19721964
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
Place contextJohannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaRepresentative site: Minneapolis, Minneapolis, United States
Climate14°C · 11.3h daylight · 5 km/h wind17°C · 13.8h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Minneapolis Institute of Art
FocusResidential tower with shopping center15 works in corpus
Architects
  • Monty Sack
  • Anthony Dominique Nassau Mallows
  • Michael Graves
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Notable works

  • Minneapolis Institute of Art
  • Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Michael C. Carlos Museum
  • Louwman Museum
Typologies
  • housing
  • apartment building
  • residential tower
  • mixed-use
  • museum
  • library
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • office
  • performance venue
  • hospitality
Materials
  • concrete
  • timber
  • stone
Carbon signals

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete

Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPrivate or restricted9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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