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Presenting this year's winners of the South Africa Institute of Architecture's awards celebrating architectural excellence in the country. >

What got readers clicking this week? Local fashion, a digital tool for manufacturing and insights about African consumers, among others. >

Icon's Christopher Turner writes about Thomas Heatherwick's plans for the first contemporary African art museum on the continent unveiled at Design Indaba 2014. >

Shiba Mazaza selects a deliciously fluid and fun single by the Sakawa Boys, 'arguably one of the best acts to come out of Cape Town this year'. >

Alistair King tells us how the One Rand Man began – and it didn’t start with a brief. >

South Africa's favourite iconoclastic fashion designer unleashes a riot of colour and pattern at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town. >

Architect and urbanist Andrew Makin unravels the chaos that is Mexico city and finds more than a little method in the madness. >

This young designer uses a 100-year-old loom to create refreshingly modern garments in mohair. >

African icons old and new abound in this week's top stories, from a graphic collage of Madiba to new designs for bubblegum brand Chappies. >

Meyer von Wielligh contrasts smooth metal with aged wood in the latest addition to its signature range. >

Kenyan crooner Jarel's track is a jazz-infused celebration of freedom and release. >

Meet Mugendi M'Rithaa, the Kenyan educator and activist who has been working behind the scenes to promote the power of design in Africa. >

Patricia Urquiola contrasts the texture of expanded metal mesh with the solidity of wood and marble in her latest collection of outdoor furniture for Kettal. >

A revamped bus rolled into the informal settlement of Monwabisi Park to educate and entertain the area's underprivileged children. >