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Purpose Made
Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, this existing 214 square metre apartment was renovated by Cape Town-based architects KMA in conjunction with Niche Interiors.
South Bank Apartment
This new residential development is a 41-storey building that has been extended upwards after being originally built in 1972 as a 30-storey tower.
Geometry of Form
The project represents the crowning achievement of a successful international collaboration between an Israeli client and project manager, an Arab-Israeli contractor, a Russian-Israeli engineer and a South African architect.
Philip Richards – blu_line
Philip Richards recalls: ‘The road to blu_line began over 15 years ago. The company was formed by my brother and myself in the basement flatlet of our parents’ home. I was 18 at the time, finishing up my final matric exams and my brother was a computer programmer who...
Bosjes Kombuis
Bosjes Kombuis is a quintessential country kitchen with a simple, 2017 menu of produce-driven fare where South African celebrity Chef Pete Goffe-Wood has brought his fuss-free approach to menus. As the consultant chef his brief was to create the feel of a rustic...
Poise and beauty for the basin: GROHE adds new touchless faucets to its Essence E line
A worldwide design revolution for electronic faucets – this is what GROHE has set out to trigger with its restyled and re-engineered Essence E faucets. The new faucets feature arguably the most expressive and captivating designs in today’s infrared faucet sector. The...
Cube Gallery Presents the Official Artemide Relaunch in South Africa
Cube Gallery, authorised importer and distributor of Atremide, is hosting the event at it's Bryanston showroom to reintroduce Artemide to South Africa's public and industry professionals. Artemide was founded in 1960 in Milan, Italy by Ernesto Gismondi. Since then its...
Siemens: Design + genius – the smart aesthetic of the future
Smart aesthetics – Until recently, technology could hardly have been considered aesthetically pleasing. Devices and appliances bristled with functionality and capability within square shapes and unnerving bristles. Form was evaded in favour of functionality. The white...
Neolith® Sintered Stone – A Revolutionary Material
Headquartered in Castellón, Spain, TheSize was founded in 2009 with the objective of creating a new material category suitable for exterior and interior construction: kitchen and bath countertops, furnishings, flooring and facades.
Montblanc celebrates the gift of writing at launch of UNICEF Collection in South Africa
Celebrating its longstanding partnership with UNICEF in supporting children around the world in gaining access to quality education, Montblanc unveiled its limited edition UNICEF collection at an event in Johannesburg. Designed to highlight the precious gift of...
Tracking Light
Since the turn of the millennium – within interior design’s upper echelons – there’s ongoing evidence of the increasing appreciation of lighting innovation. In 2017 leading minds are involved in the invention and engineering of new light sources, or luminaires, and...
Ground Rules ‘17
In the 2017 world of contemporary flooring carpeting is ever softer. Wood is becoming more roughed-up. And vinyl is getting more luxurious. Yet these are far from the only flooring products that are drawing consumer attention. Ground Rules is the annual Habitat focus...
House of Art
Johannesburg-based interior designer Romi Kaplan says that the brief from her client was ‘something quite different’ and that it immediately captured her interest.
Making History
This historical residence was built in 1904 and used as a guesthouse before being reconverted into a family home.
bulthaup | living kitchens – Luxury Extended
Italian firm Rimadesio has been producing furniture for 60 years: doors, sliding panels, shelving units, walk-in wardrobes and a collection of complementary furniture. Rimadesio produces systems for sub-dividing environments and for the architectural definition of...