A new house where the architects worked with the clients for about twelve years before they started building. The 1200sq.m. home is situated on a 4000sq.m. east sloping/facing stand though the house itself is north facing with the major rooms having the view to the east.
Project name
Sandton Residence
Architecture firm
Nico van der Meulen Architects
Location
Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
Principal architect
Werner van der Meulen
Design team
Werner van der Meulen, Justin Coetzee
Interior design
M Square Lifestyle Design: Melanie Ezzi
Civil engineer
Struxit civil engineers
Structural engineer
Struxit civil engineers
Environmental & MEP
Inframid & Nala Consulting engineers
Landscape
Injabula Landscape Architects
Supervision
Agora Project managers
Material
Aluminum, Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The campus for the Girl Move Academy, in Africa, is a large-scale project that brings together social responsibility, sustainability and traditional construction techniques, all signatures of the Oaxaca-based architecture firm.
Project name
Girl Move Academy
Architecture firm
RootStudio, Paz Braga Architecture
Location
Nampula, Mozambique
Principal architect
João Boto Caeiro, Maria da Paz Braga
Design team
João Boto Caeiro, Maria da Paz Braga, Brenda rove
Interior design
RootStudio, Paz Braga Architecture
Structural engineer
Nicolas Coello
Construction
ABC - Mozambique
Material
Brick, Wood, Stone, Steel
Typology
Educational, Campus
King Mohammed VI of Morocco requested a resort “hors classe” (above class) to host international royalty and heads of state. Designed by OBMI, the global architecture, master planning and design powerhouse, the design team recognised that the responsibility involved authentically bringing to life something that would honour, respect and highlight t...
Project name
Le Royal Mansour
Location
Marrakech, Morocco
Client
Vinci Group, King of Morocco
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
This pristine contemporary home is located on the west coast 90kms north of Cape Town bordered by a nature reserve adjoining the ocean. Sites like this don’t come much more spectacular. Taking full advantage of the ocean views and responding to the coastal dune context, Gavin Maddock describes it as ‘a glorious site’.
Project name
Pearl Bay Residence
Architecture firm
MADDOCK (Design Firm)
Location
Yzerfontein, Western Cape, South Africa
Principal architect
Gavin Maddock (Principle Designer)
Design team
Gavin Maddock, Gavin Dehn, Mark Mawdsley
Structural engineer
Hulme & Associates
Construction
McNeil Construction
Material
Concrete, Brick, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The stylishly designed guest house is located on the west coast 90kms north of Cape Town – bordered by a nature reserve adjoining the ocean. Taking full advantage of the ocean views and responding to the coastal dune context, Gavin Maddock has designed a private get-a-way with a sense of calm, understated luxury.
Project name
Olive Tree Villa
Architecture firm
MADDOCK (Design Firm)
Location
Yzerfontein, Western Cape, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch, Burger Engelbrecht
Principal architect
Gavin Maddock (Principle Designer)
Design team
Gavin Maddock, Antonette Wauts
Construction
McNeil Construction
Material
Concrete, brick, zinc and glass
Typology
Residential › House
HOLOPLOT delivers one-of-a-kind audio solution for monumental Egyptian Mosque. HOLOPLOT has provided its audio expertise and X1 Matrix Array sound system for the 10.000sqm Misr Mosque in Egypt. The project features a fully concealed sound system with drastically reduced speaker positions.
Written by
Iris Herscovici
The 'Kaira Looro' international architecture competition, held by humanitarian organisation Balouo Salo, has this year also, established itself as one of the most important in the field of humanitarian and development design, attracting students and young architects from all over the world.
Written by
Kaira Looro Competition
Photography
Winning project of Kaira Looro Competition– 2022’s Edition. Project by Ziyu Guo from China
24 SLE Villa is a 2 floors house that brings art and architecture into the structure and connects the first floor with the last with lines that give interior shade from the south facade and open for the north with a unique facade that connects art with it.
Project name
24 SLE Villa
Architecture firm
Gravity Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohanad Albasha
Visualization
Mohanad Albasha
Typology
Residential › House
