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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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