Beyond is a contemporary setting for life and art, where the full comfort of a modern home is potently married to an elemental architecture drawn from its dramatic setting. Perched on the shoulders of Lion’s Head, the home, designed by SAOTA, springs from a steep hillside that drops off to the famous sequence of Clifton’s white beaches to the Twelv...
Location
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch, Stefan Antoni
Collaborators
OKHA (Interior Decor)
Structural engineer
Moroff & Kühne
Landscape
Nicholas Whitehorn Landscape Design
Lighting
Martin Doller Design
Construction
Cape Island Construction
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
This SAOTA designed family home is positioned below Lion’s Head; with views of Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, the city of Cape Town and the mountains of the Boland and the winelands in the distance, the architecture is shaped to take in as much of the surrounding as is possible.
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Micky Hoyle
Design team
Greg Truen, Dov Goldring, Jaco Bruwer, Ian Cox and Puja Patel
Collaborators
SBDS Quantity Surveyors (Quantity Surveyor)
Interior design
OKHA (interior decor)
Structural engineer
Moroff & Kühne Consulting Engineers
Landscape
Franchesca Watson Garden Designer
Construction
Gossow & Harding Construction Pty (Ltd)
Material
Stone, Glass, Steel, Wood, Concrete and plaster
Typology
Residential › House
The concept of chaos and order is a re-current theme explored by OKHA Creative Director, Adam Court; intrigued by the conundrum of co-existing order and disorder in our natural and metaphysical worlds.
Product type
Dining Table
Applications
Residential Interior
Characteristics
Wire Brushed Carbon Oak Base | Leathered Black Pearl Marble Top
Material
Carbon Oak, Leathered Black Pearl Marble
Size
1400D X 735H mm, 55.1D X 28.9H in
The REVERB is an evolution of the Repose sofa narrative, it continues the exploration of organic form, of fluid seating landscapes and of sculptural dialogue.
Applications
Residential and Commercial Interior
Format
Upholstered | Ash / Oak / Walnut / Brass Clad Cylindrical Plinth Options
Size
2900W X 1750D X 720H mm |114.2W X 68.9D X 28.3H in | Seat Height: 410 mm / 16.1 in • Color:
Price
Please contact OKHA for price queries
OKHA: The essence of RAKE is Movement. RAKE expresses Transition and Fluidity. The limbs, back and torso of the chair merge and coalesce into one another in a fluid and uninterrupted flow of movement.
Product name
Rake & Rake A Frame
Product type
Dining Chair Collection
Applications
Residential and Commercial Interior
Format
Upholstered | Timber Frame
Size
585W X 565D X 780H mm | 23W X 22.2D X 30.7H in | Seat Height: 480 mm / 18.9 in
Color
Natural, Carbon, Dark Java, Chalk Timber Options
Shape
Straight Frame & A Frame
Designed by SAOTA, a South African architecture studio known for advancing the possibilities of 20th-century modernism, this home represents the tradition of the terrace, with its emphasis on an outdoor orientation, but in a context and climatic condition vastly different from the origin of the type.
Photography
Sergey Ananiev
Design team
Greg Truen, Roxanne Kaye & Philippe Raffner
Collaborators
Max Kasymov & OKHA (Bespoke furniture), Troy Advisory LLP (Project Manager)
Interior design
Max Kasymov & ARRCC
Environmental & MEP
Alexander Boenich
Landscape
Klukva Landscaping
Lighting
Kseniya Rudkovskaya
Construction
Alexander Stroikov
Material
Silver-grey metal cladding, stone, glass, wood, concrete
Typology
Residential › House
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
TECTRA explores the concept that everything from materials and ideas, to anatomic elements, are in a perpetual state of flux and that change is the only constant.
Product type
Coffee Table
Characteristics
Individual plates which combine like pieces of a puzzle forming a narrative greater than its individual parts
Format
Multiple unique elements
Material
Mild steel base in a range of finishes. Standard and custom options of stone top
Size
1665W X 1475D X 380H mm / 65.6W X 58.1D X 15H in
Shape
Composed of “Tectonic” plates that interlock and merge as one organic form
