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Vame, Yzerfontein, Pearl Bay property: South African Holiday home design by SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects for a couple from New York building a holiday home in the Southern hemisphere for summer vacations.
The site is a rectangular sub-division stretching between 10th and 11th Streets in Voelklip with both sea and mountain views.
Cape Town-based architectural practice SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects has completed the ‘Mankgaile Primary School’ for a rural village outside the city of Polokwane in Limpopo, South Africa.
The client purchased the site, once SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects had completed an initial Design Concept for the previous property owner.
Nestled in the cliff-top estate “The Cove” in Pezula, Knysna, this home was designed to be integrated into the topography & natural colour of the fynbos, maintaining a seamless connection with landscape and ocean.
October will see the announcement of the winner of World Design Capital 2014, and Cape Town is the first African city ever to have made it onto the shortlist.
Arts On Main and Main Street Life, Johannesburg, South Africa: Maboneng phase 1 is a mixed-use development which is targeted at Johannesburg’s creative community.
Named after one of the greatest leaders of the Methodist Church of African origin Seth Mokitini Methodist Seminary (SMMS) is a training centre for Methodist church ministers in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) South Africa.
A quaint three-bedroom thatch cottage, nicknamed swallows’ nest, was to expand to add a new main bedroom, two studies’, a multi-use entertainment space and an art gallery.
These architects are passionate about creating design solutions that address the severe housing issues and urban challenges faced in our land.
World Cup Stadiums South Africa – 2010 Soccer arenas, FIFA World Cup South Africa building designs
Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa. In its competition brief of 2006, the city of Durban invited designs for a multi-functional stadium for 70,000 to 85,000 spectators.
The skyline of Cape Town is dominated by Table Mountain, Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Town Stadium forms a landmark at the foot of Signal Hill, and fits respectfully into its environment.
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Port Elizabeth, one of South Africa’s largest cities, is located in Algoa Bay (Indian Ocean) in Eastern Cape Province, and is now part of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.
The German magazine AIT invited 100 selected architecture and interior design offices across Europe to redesign the ‘ONO’ chair produced the Dietiker company.
Johannesburg is home to Circa on Jellicoe, a multi-media art gallery designed by South African based practice, studioMAS.
The idea that was to evolve into the building named CIRCA originated in the late 1980’s. The Everard Read Gallery purchased from the Johannesburg City council a property adjoining the ERG at the corner of Jellicoe and Jan Smuts avenues.