Nettleton 199 by SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects and OKHA Interiors in Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa: The brief was to create a building that maximised the connection with the view and the sea, create a garden on the mountain side of the site and to minimise views over neighbouring buildings. Incoming search [...]
Posted on March 26th, 2012 under Luxury House Design | No Comments »
The architect, Jorge Mealha, set the surrounding ground as a virtually blank solid perform a dialectically tensioned play, searching, through scale and accentuation on the surfaces edges outlines, the emphasis on the light/shadow interplay, proposing an ever changing reading throughout the day. Incoming search terms:jorge mealha, light and shadow, casa troia mealha, terraced house skylight, [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2010 under Modern House design | No Comments »
Freshwater House by Chenchow Little Basic idea for this design is to make an operable facade to provide a privacy and shading on a relatively public site adjacent to the beach. This house consist of three distinct parts; a podium base, a garden/ living space, and a bedroom volume clad with operable screens; each designed [...]
Posted on April 13th, 2010 under Beach House Design | 1 Comment »