12. PIET DEKKER ARCHITECTS
This is what they were called at time of designing the Banghoek apartments as shown above, now known as Decker Papendorf Architects. Visit ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for another innovative architect in Cape Town designing in the luxury market.
Deo Gloria building - also designed by Piet Dekker Architects. Visit GLITZYMAGAZINE more built attractions in the Cape Town area.
13. KRITZINGER ARCHITECTS
Understanding true modernity, this architect has designed some of the most iconic modern luxury homes for the slopes of Fresnaye and the rest of the Atlantic Seaboard. Go to CAPETOWNSPLENDOUR for more contemporary architects designing in the region.
The house is just as impressive from the other angle and the use of desert like succulents against the all-white facade is striking. The deep overhangs above the windows help to keep the temperature regulated. Visit TOP-ARCHITECTS for a larger selection of Cape Town architects designing according to suitainable practices.
14. GS SQUARED DESIGN
Best known for the design of the Bluebird cafe just South of Stellenbosch. They design modern buildings but are also well known for Cape Vernacular style projects. Visit TOP-ARCHITECTS for more architect designed homes in Fresnaye
15. DENIS MOSS PARTNERSHIP
Designers of the Club House at De Zalze Winelands Golf Estate, the firm is best known for its work in the Cape Vernacular style, although they have leaned more toward modernism of late as in these apartments on Bird street Stellenbosch. Visit ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for the official website of this architect.
16. JANE VISSER
Most famous for her design of the winery at Hidden Valley in Stellenbosch. She has since teamed up with van Biljon Visser in a power architecture team. Visit ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for designs by this architect in the Modern Cape Dutch style.
17. VAN BILJON VISSER
Best known for their design of the stunning Modern Cape Dutch style winery at Tokara. The restaurant was added later and is extremely modern. Visit ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for designs in the Cape Vernacular style by this architect.
More of the winery at Tokara - the frameless glass was built before the energy regulations required deeper overhangs over such windows. Visit GLITZYMAGAZINE for more glitzy buildings such as this one.
The Tokara Winery building, as seen from a distance. The building is in the Cape Vernacular style, otherwise known as the modern Cape Dutch style.
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18. BERGSTREAM
Specialising for some time in the luxury market at Val de Vie Wine and Polo Estate. This company designed some elegant buildings with good spatial flow on the interior. Go to GLITZYMAGAZINE for more modern designs by other architects with these same qualities for the high-end market in the Western Cape.
19.TIM HUGHES
The Mayfair luxury apartments are a bright red building that stands out in the heart of the Century City Canal and Mall development. The use of untreated materials makes it low maintainance and also less subject to going out of fashion. Visit GLITZYMAGAZINE for more luxury designs by this rising star.
20. MUNICH VISSER
Red face brick contrasts with beige plastered walls in a fresh and friendly apartment block that is set on the sprawling lawns of the Canal park area behind the mall. A great design with a strong sense of place. You might also like ARCHITECTCAPETOWN with more on other popular styles in South Africa.
MODERN FRENCH
The large white shutters provide shading for the windows and add to the characate of this charming modern French style home that is located on the lakes of Val de Vie Wine and Polo Estate. Go to CAPETOWNSPLENDOUR to read up more on architecture styles in South Africa.
MODERN CAPE DUTCH
By straightening the gables of traditional Cape Dutch buildigns, the Modern Cape Dutch style arose. No-one knows who designed these first, but Denis Moss architects was one of the originals to embrace the style. Go to ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for another luxury architect in Cape Town and winelands designing in this style.
ARCADIA STREET NO 7
The flat planes in different textures are juxtapposed with large sheets of shear glazing. This home is a subtle architectural materpiece. Go to GLITZYMAGAZINE for more modern designs such as this one.
GREY WONDER
Similar is true for this miniamilist grey wonder. Shading pergolas and shutters blend seamlessly as part of the climatic control for this chic modern house. Visit ARCHITECTCAPEDUTCH for images of the unique Cape Dutch style with its elaborate gables and thatch roofs.
WOOD SQUARE
One square of timber pannel provides a strong focal point in this all-white minamilist design that is to be found overlooking the crystalline waters of the Atlantic Seaboard. Go to GLITZYMAGAZINE for more for info on architecture sightseeing in Cape Town.
