The August/September 2021 issue of Leading Architecture + Design includes our annual feature celebrating women in architecture, interior design, urbanism, engineering and related fields with 12 profiles of prominent professionals. The cover of this issue features The Bank, a radical transformation of a 70s building by Daffonchio & Associates Architects into a super-efficient contemporary addition to the Rosebank CBD in Johannesburg. Featured projects also include Green School South Africa by GASS Architecture Studios, which sets a new benchmark in sustainability and biophilic design, Ellipse Waterfall, a new high-rise residential development in the heart of Waterfall City, Gauteng, by dhk Architects and the newly upgraded Cormed hospital in Vanderbijlpark. Other key editorial pillars include design and technology, lighting, bricks and paving, air conditioning and HVAC systems, flooring, and paint and colour.