The original building, known as Medical City was originally designed by Helmut Stauch, along with the building on the opposite side of Eloff street at the Bree street intersection.

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The two buildings were designed in a similar style:  podiums with pavement shops and parking above surrounded by identical brass anodised sunscreens to the lower levels and high-rise towers above.

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The brief for this project was to convert the existing empty and derelict office building into a new multi-storey school/college from level 3-13.  The lower levels were converted into shops as part of an earlier conversion and would remain as is.

The top two levels were converted into a boarding house for the college. The building’s new yellow facade gives a welcome brightness and splash of colour to the heart of Jo’burg.