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.
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Micky Hoyle
Design team
Greg Truen, Dov Goldring, Jaco Bruwer, Ian Cox and Puja Patel
Collaborators
SBDS Quantity Surveyors (Quantity Surveyor)
Interior design
OKHA (interior decor)
Structural engineer
Moroff & Kühne Consulting Engineers
Landscape
Franchesca Watson Garden Designer
Construction
Gossow & Harding Construction Pty (Ltd)
Material
Stone, Glass, Steel, Wood, Concrete and plaster
Typology
Residential › House
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...
Architecture firm
Wright Architects
Location
Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, ArchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Blender
Principal architect
Greg Wright
Design team
Greg Wright, Christian Cook, Suzaan De Kock
Visualization
Simon Abrahams
Typology
Residential › House
Pisqal is a small cabin with 70 square meters area. It has an A-frame style with a cubic form in order to have more space than A-frame. It's a two-story building. each floor is 35 square meters. The kitchen and living area are on the first floor and two master bedrooms are on the second.
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Design team
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Visualization
Shomali Design Studio
Typology
Residential › House
Osmond Lange Architects and Interiors recently completed the interior revamp of the Cape Winelands Airstream Trailer on the roof deck at the Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, as part of the Decorex Design Trail.
Project name
Cape Winelands Airstream Trailer
Architecture firm
Osmond Lange Architects and Interiors
Location
Grand daddy boutique hotel (38 long street, Cape Town, South Africa)
Photography
Megant Images
Principal architect
Suné Uys, Carla Jooste, Natasha Raphiri
Design team
Suné Uys, Carla Jooste, Natasha Raphiri
Collaborators
Cara Saven Wall Design, Marmoran, Ark Industries, Dulux, AkzoNobel, Atlantic Painting & Waterproofing, Simply do it, Caesarstone, International Slab Sales, Continua, AVNA Architects
Interior design
Osmond Lange Architects & Interiors
Lighting
Newport Lighting, Lighting.co.za
Client
Decorex Africa, Grand Daddy Boutique Hotel
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
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
The Cape Town-based architectural practice Wright Architects recently completed Cranberry Pavilion, a private residence located in Camps Bay, Cape Town.
Project name
Cranberry Pavilion
Architecture firm
Wright Architects
Location
Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Christian Cooke
Principal architect
Greg Wright, Suzaan De Kock & Gert Coetzee
Design team
Greg Wright, Suzaan De Kock & Gert Coetzee
Interior design
Mazel Interior Design
Structural engineer
Poise Design
Environmental & MEP
Wright Architects
Landscape
Wright Architects
Lighting
Wright Architects
Supervision
Wright Architects
Visualization
Gert Coetzee
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Situated on a very steep site with spectacular ocean and mountain views in Cape Town, South Africa , Kloof 145 residence designed by Cape Town-based architectural firm SAOTA.
Project description by the architect:
Accessed from Kloof Road, which winds along the western slopes of Lion’s Head, t...
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...
