Glen 2961 Residence in Cape Town
Design: SAOTA. The clients – who owned and lived in an existing house on the property for nine years – needed to rebuild the house in order to suit the demands of their family with 3 teenage kids.
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Design: SAOTA. The clients – who owned and lived in an existing house on the property for nine years – needed to rebuild the house in order to suit the demands of their family with 3 teenage kids.
Design: Nico van der Meulen Architects. Located at the foot of a nature reserve in Bedfordview. The 1100m² sculptural piece of architecture is a family-orientated home suitable for indoor/outdoor entertainment that maximizes the views to the north.
Design: SAOTA ; Interior Design: Studio Parkington Design Consult. The brief was to create a spectacular home which encapsulated the expansive 360 degree mountain and sea views. Though views out were paramount this needed to be carefully balanced with the required privacy from within
Design: Nico van der Meulen Architects. This luxurious contemporary farmhouse is situated within a secluded golf estate in Centurion, South Africa. The brief called for a contemporary, practical home that encouraged outdoor living.
Design: Nico van der Meulen Architects: located within the leafy suburb of Atholl, Johannesburg, stands this contemporary residence that encapsulates luxury, comfort and functionality in a minimalist architectural setting.
Sited on an exceptionally steep piece of land on the bluff above BI Beach in Plettenberg Bay, the challenge with the Harker Street House project was always going to be how to make a beach house “live” across a vertically driven program.
Design: Metropole Architects. Under the leafy canopy of an immense Albizia Tree nestles Aloe Ridge House, a 300sqm contemporary home in the Eden Rock Estate on Kwa Zulu Natal’s South Coast of South Africa.
This pristine contemporary home, Pearl Bay Residence is located on the west coast 90kms north of Cape Town – bordered by a nature reserve adjoining the ocean.
The owner’s brief was to design a house inspired by its indigenous surroundings, which is part of the recently established Sea Farm Private Nature Reserve.
Originally a single storey home, the brief for the additions and alterations of this home called for the modernizing of the house and adding a second storey to increase the areas to more than double its existing size.
Design: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects. Situated on the cliff edges of “The Cove” in Pezula, Knysna, this home allows one to experience a magnificent setting. The tactile and warm quality of the materials – rough, honed stone and timber enhance the overall experience.
Design: Nico van der Meulen Architects. The rocky outcrop with spectacular views of the Johannesburg skyline inspired the additions and alterations of this contemporary home.
Design: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects. “The clients, a couple from New York wanted a holiday home in the Southern hemisphere for summer vacations. Aware of contemporary architectural trends, they requested a sculptured building with clean horizontal lines, large areas of glass and screens creating a space that is ‘open as well as private’.
Their brief was a 2-bedroomed home with indoor / outdoor living spaces and a studio to be used in their photographic and film related occupations,” says Project Partner, Stefan Antoni.
Design by Nico van der Meulen Architects. House Boz situated on a hill within a secluded nature estate in Pretoria East was originally destined for a very different location on a hillside in Mafikeng