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In many respects, the minimalist approach that interior design studio OKHA took in this Cape Town home on the slopes of Table Mountain has to do with its views over Green Point and Sea Point. From its elevated position, overlooking the bustle of the city, OKHA’s Adam Court discerned a duality at the heart of the home’s character.
Project name
Springbok House
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Niel Vosloo
5 Fin Whale Way is located in a tranquil coastal village called Kommetjie about 40km south of Cape Town, South Africa. It is halfway down the mountainous Cape Peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent.
Project name
5 Fin Whale Way
Architecture firm
SALT Architects
Location
Kommetjie, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Photography
Lindsay Rae Michael
This Cape Town pied-à-terre, near to the V&A Waterfront’s Silo Precinct, was conceptualised as a blank canvas for the owner’s growing collection of South African and African art. The precinct is anchored by the Zeitz MOCAA, which is not only the most significant art museum in the world dedicated to artists from Africa and the diaspora but is also...
Project name
Parama
Interior design
ARRCC, OKHA (Interior Decor)
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Niel Vosloo
Clifton Terraces apartments on Victoria Road, Cape Town, designed by SAOTA, makes a striking but sensitively integrated architectural statement in the area’s distinctive cliffside setting.
Project name
Clifton Terraces
Architecture firm
SAOTA
Location
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Niel Vosloo
SAOTA's project Kloof House took home Gold at the 43rd Annual Loeries Awards, in the Design category for Architecture. Winners were announced during Loeries Creative Week (21 - 22 October 2021) in Cape Town, which welcomed hundreds of creatives from across Africa and the Middle East.
Written by
SAOTA
Photography
Adam Letch & Micky Hoyle
Beyond is a contemporary setting for life and art, where the full comfort of a modern home is potently married to an elemental architecture drawn from its dramatic setting. Perched on the shoulders of Lion’s Head, the home, designed by SAOTA, springs from a steep hillside that drops off to the famous sequence of Clifton’s white beaches to the Twelv...
Project name
Beyond
Architecture firm
SAOTA
Location
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch, Stefan Antoni
This SAOTA designed family home is positioned below Lion’s Head; with views of Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, the city of Cape Town and the mountains of the Boland and the winelands in the distance, the architecture is shaped to take in as much of the surrounding as is possible.
Project name
KLOOF 119A
Architecture firm
SAOTA
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Micky Hoyle
At the far end of Fish Hoek, perched under the rock face of Elsies Peak, is the unique location for this unique project. Challenged by the incredible beauty on offer from the highest point on the site, we took the bold decision to raise the building as high as possible and to set it back as deep as possible where the breath-taking panoramic view...
Project name
Echo Road
Architecture firm
Wright Architects
Location
Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, ArchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Blender