Jaco Booyens Architect together with SAOTA restores Buffelsdrift, an award-winning farm located west of Ladismith in the arid Klein Karoo region of South Africa. SAOTA specialises in contemporary architecture and has designed luxury homes around the world, however, when SAOTA Director, Greg Truen acquired the farm in 2016 it was important to him to...
Project name
Buffelsdrift
Architecture firm
Jaco Booyens Architect & SAOTA
Location
Ladismith, South Africa
Collaborators
OKHA, JNA Thatchers, Groen Karoo
Construction
Pro-Projects and De Kock Bouers
Material
Natural stone, clay, brick, wood, glass, metal
Typology
Residential › House
Overlooking the Atlantic Seaboard in Bantry Bay, Horizon Villa boasts the perfect balance between luxury and comfort. The property had an existing house, which totally under-utilized the site’s fantastic characteristics.
Project name
Horizon Villa
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Design team
Stefan Antoni, Philip Olmesdahl, Mark Rielly, Gina Leinberger
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Typology
Residential › House
SAOTA and ARRCC, together with ADMARES, a world leader in alternative real estate, announces their collaboration to create an exclusive high-end floating villa line to be made available to clients worldwide during 2021.
Repose, a chaise sofa first uniquely created for a private client’s coastal Villa and is now available world-wide in size variations.
STUDIOTWENTYSEVEN, who exclusivity represents the sofa in the USA say “Repose is a truly unique and beautiful sofa. OKHA has designed it to be viewed from every el...
South Villa is a five-story penthouse in the award-winning Clifton Terraces apartments on Victoria Road, Cape Town.
Its elevated position on the iconic Lion’s Head takes in extravagant ocean views and local landmarks such as Table Mountain and Clifton’s pristine beaches.
The terraced form of t...
This family home and office on the banks of Lake Geneva, with architecture by SAOTA and interiors by ARRCC, was designed for a successful Senegalese businessman based in Switzerland.
The home draws on the owner’s heritage to advance an emerging African‐inspired aesthetic in its sculptural form, m...
