Jaco Booyens Architect together with SAOTA restores Buffelsdrift, an award-winning farm located west of Ladismith in the arid Klein Karoo region of South Africa. SAOTA specialises in contemporary architecture and has designed luxury homes around the world, however, when SAOTA Director, Greg Truen acquired the farm in 2016 it was important to him to...
Project name
Buffelsdrift
Architecture firm
Jaco Booyens Architect & SAOTA
Location
Ladismith, South Africa
Collaborators
OKHA, JNA Thatchers, Groen Karoo
Construction
Pro-Projects and De Kock Bouers
Material
Natural stone, clay, brick, wood, glass, metal
Typology
Residential › House
In today’s world, everyday life can seem to be taken hostage by over extravagance, complexities, and clutter. So much so, that when you finally make it back to your house at the end of the day, you’re left longing for a return to something much more simple and minimal even.
Photography
Surround Architecture (Cover image), Francesca Tosolini, Andrea Davis
Alison Brooks Architects completes a monumental house and living art gallery high above the Wye Valley.
Alison Brooks Architects’ latest house is set atop the highest point in Gloucestershire, overlooking the Wye Valley. The result of a ten-year collaboration, this new house and landscape project celebrates domestic living amongst an extraordina...
Project name
Windward House
Architecture firm
Alison Brooks Architects
Location
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Principal architect
Alison Brooks
Design team
Alison Brooks, Wanja Wechselberger, Wei Shan Chia, Sophie Bates, Christopher Smaill, Sara Yabsley, Alex Nicholls, Christopher Curran, Antonio Callejon
Structural engineer
Akera Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Peter Deer & Associates
Landscape
Barker & Barker
Visualization
Alison Brooks Architects
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AutoCAD
Construction
E G Carter & Co Ltd
Client
David and Jenny Clifford
The Porto-based architecture studio Paulo Merlini Architects led by Paulo Merlini and André Santos Silva has recently completed Rio House, remodeling of an old farmhouse located in Gondomar, Portugal.
Architecture firm
Paulo Merlini Architects
Location
Gondomar, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio - www.ivotavares.net
Principal architect
Paulo Merlini, André Santos Silva
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AutoCAD
Typology
Residential, Private House
The visual artist Fox Daniels has renovated ''Diagon Alley'' a farmhouse inspired by the Harry Potter books, located on the edge of the historic village of San Lawrenz in Gozo, Malta. Step under ancient archways and past thick stone walls to explore this 17th-century farmhouse inspired by the Harry Potter books. Located on the edge of the historic...
Project name
Diagon Alley farmhouse
Interior design
Fox Daniels
Location
San Lawrenz in Gozo, Malta
Photography
Diana Iskander
Principal designer
Fox Daniels
Typology
Residential › House
