In a wellness-conscious world where personal expression and emotional well-being take centre stage, the rise of Dopamine Décor is becoming an increasingly popular request in the world of luxury interior design, where spaces are being transformed to reflect this.
Set within olive groves and palm trees, just beyond Morrocco's fabled Red City and silhouetted by the High Atlas Mountains, Aman introduces a new collection of private villas. Designed by SAOTA with interiors by ARRCC, Aman Residences, Amanjena, integrate Moroccan craftsmanship with Aman’s refined design philosophy.
Project name
Aman Residences, Amanjena
Location
Marrakech, Morrocco
Principal architect
Roxanne Kaye
Typology
Residential › House
ARRCC has re-envisioned this home on Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard at the foot of Lion's Head. Their new design retained the existing footprint but remodelled the envelope and the interior to create a flowing, open-plan arrangement connecting the gardens and terraces topanoramic ocean views.
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Principal architect
Jon Case, Clive Schulze
Design team
Jon Case, Clive Schulze
Collaborators
Copy by: Graham Wood
Structural engineer
Mocke Engineering
Civil engineer
Mocke Engineering
Typology
Residential › Villa
ARRCC, a South African interior design studio, has recently gained global recognition for its triple award win for Best Residential Interiors standing alongside design giants like ZAHA Hadid and Neri & Hu. These three prestigious awards, WAN EMEA, Architizer, and Rethinking The Future saw hundreds of submissions from over 60 countries globally.
Photography
Adam Letch, Niel Vosloo,
Waterside is situated in a nine-story beachside apartment building in Clifton, Cape Town, designed by SAOTA in 2009. Interior design studio ARRCC, in collaboration with Karen Stanek from KS Designs, had the task of merging three apartments over two levels.
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Greg Cox and Emma Jackson
Design team
Michele Rhoda, Leigh Daniels, Daniel Du Toit, AnnaLisa Cunningham Cooper, Maajidah Sait, Raeesah Omar
Collaborators
Graham Wood, Karen Stanek Design (Interior Decor Team)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Winelands Villa is situated in the Gentleman’s Estate at Val de Vie in the Paarl-Franschhoek Valley, a luxury smallholding concept along the banks of the Berg River offering views of the Drakenstein, Simonsberg, and Paarl Rock Mountains within a landscape of rehabilitated fynbos.
Project name
Winelands Villa
Architecture firm
ARRCC, SAOTA
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Principal architect
Warren Labuschagne (Site Architect)
Design team
Michele Rhoda, Leigh Daniels, Maajidah Sait, Stefan Antoni
Collaborators
Warren Labuschagne (Site Architect), Graham Wood (Text)
Typology
Residential › House
ARRCC presents Glen Villa, a one-of-a-kind contemporary Cape Town home on a beautiful, treed site at the foot of Table Mountain, one of 7 Natural Wonders.
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Principal architect
Antonio Zaninovic
Design team
Interior Design Team: Jon Case, Wade Nelsen, Clive Schulze. Interior Decor Team: Mark Rielly, Nina Sierra Rubia, Gabriella Duarte, Anna Katharina Schoenberger
Collaborators
Copy by Graham Wood
Lighting
Collaboratively designed by OKHA, Martin Doller, David Reade and ARRCC – each piece differs (see attached press kit for more information)
Material
Concrete, Stone, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › Villa
SAOTA, ARRCC & Poliform’s exhibition LIGHT SPACE LIFE, part of the sixth edition of the architecture biennale exhibition titled Time Space Existence, organised and hosted by the European Cultural Centre in Venice, presents Cheetah Plains, an extraordinary project in the South African Lowveld.
Category
Architecture & Design
Eligibility
Open to public
Organizer
SAOTA, ARRCC, Poliform,European Cultural Centre in Venice
Date
Until 26 November 2023, 10:00 – 18:00, closed on Tuesdays
Venue
Until 26 November 2023, 10:00 – 18:00, closed on Tuesdays
