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Innovative, upmarket student accommodation using modular construction. When Stefan Braun, a former hotel group CEO who developed two of the Western Cape’s most iconic hotels — the Westin alongside the Cape Town International Convention Centre and Arabella near Kleinmond — … Continue reading
There were two main reasons why we decided to start a guest house. Rosie (Roseline Diamond), our domestic worker, soon revealed that she is capable of much more than organising our house. Another reason was that we wanted Rosie (who … Continue reading
Architect Chris de Hart adapted the design guidelines he originally wrote for the development of Jacobsbaai Coastal Village “Kontreidorp” for the design of this Lampiesbaai high-density village. After extensive research into the remaining “Sandveld’ vernacular architecture of the West Coast … Continue reading
Picardi Village is a group-housing scheme next to the well known KWV Head Office in Paarl, Western Cape. It is developed as 8 typical double storey town houses in the classical old Cape Batavian Architecture with a colourful narrow European … Continue reading
The site of the Oude Arena Village housing development is the old ”Renbaan”, or racetrack of Bredasdorp in the Western Cape South Africa, situated on the main road on the east side of the town where, in 1901, the first … Continue reading
Old Mother Hubbard lived in a shoe but, for many South African males, the thought of living in a brandy tank is far more alluring! But that’s what Johan Venter has achieved. The old KWV property in in the centre … Continue reading
A group of informed and competent volunteers is safeguarding the village of Stanford’s architectural character, and the basis of its economy. For more on Stanford, click here. The original layout of Stanford dates to 1857 when the Kleinrivier Valley Farm … Continue reading
Location: Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa Architects: Peter Rich Architects Awards: Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction, Acknowledgement Prize, 2008, Africa/Middle East; Short listed for David Alsop Sustainability Award, Institute of Structural Engineers – Structural Awards 2009; Winner of the … Continue reading
Additional photographs & plans will still be added. Location: Green Point Common, Cape Town Client: City of Cape Town Landscape Architects: OvP Associates Engineers: Quantity Surveyor: Project cost/budget Reconstruction of the Green Point Common Throughout Cape Town’s recorded history of … Continue reading
