Wave House is a conceptual architectural design for a residence suited in Cape Town, South Africa, nestled on a challenging and steep terrain. The primary concept driving this design is the use of multiple graceful curves emerging from the natural landscape to sculpt the house's main form, evoking the shape of a wave.
Architecture firm
Omar Hakim
Location
Cape town, South Africa
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3d, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion
Principal architect
Omar Hakim
Typology
Residential › House
Uzima Mtaa Hub - Where Tradition and Innovation Embrace the Future. In the heart of Cape Town, redefining the urban landscape in a way that is both deeply rooted in tradition and forward-looking in its approach.
Project name
Uzima Mtah Hub
Architecture firm
Esoteric Studios
Location
Cape Town, CBD, South Africa
Tools used
Leonardo AI, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Itumeleng Dwangu
Visualization
Itumeleng Dwangu
Typology
AI Architecture, Futuristic Architecture, Vernacular Architecture, Parametric Architecture
House C25 is a conceptual design for a residence situated in Cape Town, South Africa, nestled on a steep terrain. The main concept underpinning this design is the embodiment of unity and flow. A single, uninterrupted line elegantly connects the ground floor to the roof, seamlessly merging all four levels into a continuous and harmonious form.
Architecture firm
Omar Hakim
Location
Cape town, South Africa
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion
Principal architect
Omar Hakim
Typology
Residential › House
SAOTA, ARRCC and OKHA presents their 2023 exhibition stand at Decorex Cape Town, a captivating event that brought together the finest names in the world of South African décor and design.
Photography
Paris Brummer Photography
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
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
