House Leech & Vaughan-Scott is a private residence, situated on the slopes overlooking Hout Bay in the Ruyteplaats Private Mountain Estate.  The brief was for a contemporary, easy living home, with a high level of finishes and largely self-sufficient with regards services. Contextual factors informing the design included the steep site, the requirement for a […]

Admirals View is a residential development of comprising of three buildings housing a total of 8 sectional title units, situated in the quiet seaside village of Brenton on Sea, near Knysna.  The original four buildings on the site were destroyed in the Knysna Fire of 2017, and the brief was to re-design three buildings to […]

The site, situated in Yzerfontein, slopes gently done to the South, looking out over Pearl Bay beach towards Dassen Island to the South West. The clients brief was to design a contemporary, spacious home, but one that could be built on a limited budget. Yzerfontein is a small harbour town, approx 90km North of Cape […]

House Jouissance sits high on a hill in the Cape, overlooking the Sandvlei Estuary and False Bay. The client is an academic specialising in sustainable wastewater systems, and wanted a small contemporary house, with an even smaller footprint. Due to the very steep site the house was conceived as a series of staggered levels cascading […]

The Project ‘Green Infrastructure’ emerged under the World Bank’s Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience of cities in Mozambique. Beira was identified as one of the pilot cities and the Green Infrastructure project was developed to respond to one of the major priorities of the city in regard to its climate resilience, aiming at an increase […]

The residence is situated in the Machangulo Private Nature Reserve, on pristine Machangulo peninsula in Southern Mozambique. The main unit is tucked into the contours of the site looking out over the bay to the north, with a separate bedroom unit lower down the slope nestled in tightly amongst the natural vegetation. The design concept […]