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Great Gatsby-style Villa in Russian Wilderness
It was a wild place. The site of this monumental structure was natural countryside with neither gas nor electricity – pristine. Just a two-hour drive from the city, this lasting nest for a large family was built close to a lake, forests and animals, taking into...
A Defining Model Pushes its Pretty Performer Limits
The new Jaguar F-TYPE has arrived in SA. The distinctive crackle and pop on the overrun – synonymous with this model – remains; the sounds meticulously tuned to suit the range of powerful four-, six-, and eight-cylinder engines. The two-seat F-TYPE has...
Solid Liquid Totems Animate the Fluidity of Tradition and Technology
Aura and Astro, designed by Marco Piva for antoniolupi, are freestanding bathroom sinks with a strong personality and a sculptural presence that define the hierarchy of the environments in which they’re placed. Backlighting the products makes their statements more...
Memories are Made with Talis M54 – A Wise Asset to our Kitchens
Cooking is more than just a necessity. It brings passion into the kitchen and can be a valuable outlet for creative culinary experiments. The kitchen is a place for impressing guests and expressing love by providing sustenance for the people who matter the most in...
A Home’s Moving Façade Facilitates Intimacy and Awareness
Mobilia has teamed up with Perth-based architectural and interior designer studio, State Of Kin, to furnish Shutter House, a forward-thinking home designed for the modern family and furnished with some of the world’s most renowned and decorated brands; carefully...
Intimate Zones at the Centre of Endless Horizons from 2005
This archival moment we share with you from 2005 issue 190 is, as always, one we’ve chosen that insists timelessness in style. The owner was a young entrepreneur based abroad. He also owned properties on other continents and travelled a lot, yet he selected Cape...
Experiments with Versatile Surfaces: How to Conceive, Select, Complete
Continua are importers of premium surfaces across floors, walls and countertops and provide a special interactive surface selection design service that’s value engineered. To achieve a high-end look at a fair and competitive price, be guided through every detail and...
Family Getaway Between Water and Forest Breathes New Life into Remote Canadian Town
The aesthetic approach that Cape Town-based architecture firm SAOTA took might seem like a radical departure from the traditional architecture in the region, but the architects were conscientious to keep the design unobtrusive and sensitive to its setting, while still...
People’s Car to Pocket Rocket – MINI John Cooper Works GP
In 1959, as an early teen in north-west England, I clearly recall my first look at the MINI. This was a low, Spartan-looking, boxy little car with a shallow bonnet indicating its transversely mounted engine. But it was a car for the time. The Suez crisis in 1956 had...
Sparking a New Narrative for the Unfiltered Revolution of African Vodka
This premium copper distilled spirit is locally distilled in the KZN Midlands. Vusa in Zulu means ‘to awaken’ and the product demonstrates the power of African craft, culture and aesthetic, while challenging cultural bias on a global scale. Vusa Vodka has already...
Easy Access to Bespoke Tiles Aligned with Leading Design Houses
Founded just over two years ago, Decobella has become one of the leading go-to companies when searching for décor tiles. As European decorative tile specialists they distribute products through a chain of reputable merchants in Africa and neighbouring countries....
A Stone, Timber, Glass and Render Residence in a Martian Landscape with Aboriginal History
More or less 100km from Melbourne and 500km north of Adelaide in South Australia’s outback, the landscape is more than 600 million years old. The rugged peninsula, weathered peaks and rocky gorges of the Flinders Ranges forms some of the most dramatic and beautiful...
Fishermen, Beach and Iron Kite Houses on the Cape Coast Inform the Lightness of this 2007 Holiday Home
This holiday home, featured in habitat magazine more than a dozen years back, is located on a subdivision from the front garden of the established house on the upper side. Interpreting the local vernacular resulted in barn-shaped buildings as the most appropriate...
Beat the Blues: Push, Twist and Blend a Nutrient-Rich Rainbow
Last year, researchers from the University of Leeds* in the UK discovered that consuming more fruit and vegetables improves mental well-being. Their findings indicate that eating just one extra portion of fruit or vegetable a day could have an equivalent effect on...
The Other Mechanical Device that Blows your Hair Back, and Arouses
The standout element of the models in the new BMW 4 Series range is the carefully judged enhancement of their sporting abilities. Combined with the allure of exclusive open-air motoring in the premium midsize segment, the drive satisfies with dynamic skills....