The stylishly designed guest house is located on the west coast 90kms north of Cape Town – bordered by a nature reserve adjoining the ocean. Taking full advantage of the ocean views and responding to the coastal dune context, Gavin Maddock has designed a private get-a-way with a sense of calm, understated luxury.
Project name
Olive Tree Villa
Architecture firm
MADDOCK (Design Firm)
Location
Yzerfontein, Western Cape, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch, Burger Engelbrecht
Principal architect
Gavin Maddock (Principle Designer)
Design team
Gavin Maddock, Antonette Wauts
Construction
McNeil Construction
Material
Concrete, brick, zinc and glass
Typology
Residential › House
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
Design team
Adam Court, Jack Nieuwoudt
Typology
Residential › House
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
Principal architect
Gustav Roberts
Collaborators
Stainless steel specialist: Steve and Oliver Matthews, KVS. Joinery: Daniel Grobbelaar, Prowell Kitchens
Structural engineer
Brendan Botha, BJB Consulting
Construction
Clive Lovejoy, Lovejoy Building
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
The founder of Atelier Giorgio, Giorgio Tatsakis, is an interior designer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Born in Johannesburg, Giorgio was fortunate enough to broaden his horizons when he emigrated to Athens in 2007 until 2009, where he fluently learned the language, indulged in the culture and began the journey of his appreciation for the Me...
Photography
Graeme Wyllie
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...
Interior design
ARRCC, OKHA (Interior Decor)
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Design team
INTERIOR DESIGN TEAM: Michele Rhoda, Daniel Du Toit, Maajidah Sait, Anna Lisa Cunningham Cooper, Leigh Daniels. OKHA DESIGN TEAM: Adam Court, Luka Parkin
Collaborators
TEXT by Graham Wood
Material
Bulthaup sand beige aluminium. Bestwood timber floor. Limestone porcelain floor & wall tile. Rain grey Feature marble. Clamshell Caesarstone. Duco white wall cladding. Plaster & paint
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
Location
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Niel Vosloo
Design team
Philip Olmesdahl, Mark Bullivant, Edward Peinke, Jo Nel, Christian Liebenberg, Melissa de Freitas, Peter Harel & Lichumile Monakali
Collaborators
OKHA (Bespoke Furniture), De Leeuw (Quantity Surveyor), Taupo Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Developer), SIP Project Managers (Pty) Ltd (Project Manager), All Round Pools (Pool Consultat), Graham Wood (Copy)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Sutherland Engineers
Structural engineer
JG Afrika
Construction
Haw & Inglis
Typology
Residential › Apartment
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...
Location
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch, Stefan Antoni
Collaborators
OKHA (Interior Decor)
Structural engineer
Moroff & Kühne
Landscape
Nicholas Whitehorn Landscape Design
Lighting
Martin Doller Design
Construction
Cape Island Construction
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
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
