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
Light Space Life is the first monograph from internationally recognised South African architecture studio SAOTA, known for crafting exceptional modern buildings that forgepowerful connections to their extraordinary settings.
Title
Light Space Life Houses by SAOTA
Buy
Amazon - https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/light- space-life-houses-by-saota-hardcover
Size
9.8 in x 11.8 in x 1.13 in
Three of SAOTA’s residential projects – Kloof House, Beyond and Le Pine – have been shortlisted as finalists in the WAN Awards 2021 in the House of the Year specialist category.
Two SAOTA designed projects – DDS in São Paulo, Brazil and La Reserve in Dakar, Senegal – have been shortlisted as finalists for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2021.
Designed by South African architecture studio SAOTA and developed by Aksoy Holding of Turkey, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Bodrum is the first stand-alone branded residences for Marriott International in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. Set on a 126,000 sqm private peninsula, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Bodrum is in Yalıkavak, a coastal...
Project name
The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Bodrum
Principal architect
Boran Ekinci Architecture
Interior design
ARRCC, Has+KOEN Architecture
Structural engineer
NODUS
Landscape
DS Architecture
Lighting
SLD Lighting Studio
Supervision
Hill International
Material
Concrete, Stone, Glass, Wood
Typology
Residential › Houses, Master Planning
Designed by SAOTA, a South African architecture studio known for advancing the possibilities of 20th-century modernism, this home represents the tradition of the terrace, with its emphasis on an outdoor orientation, but in a context and climatic condition vastly different from the origin of the type.
Photography
Sergey Ananiev
Design team
Greg Truen, Roxanne Kaye & Philippe Raffner
Collaborators
Max Kasymov & OKHA (Bespoke furniture), Troy Advisory LLP (Project Manager)
Interior design
Max Kasymov & ARRCC
Environmental & MEP
Alexander Boenich
Landscape
Klukva Landscaping
Lighting
Kseniya Rudkovskaya
Construction
Alexander Stroikov
Material
Silver-grey metal cladding, stone, glass, wood, concrete
Typology
Residential › House
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
