ARCHITECTURALSPACES

Building a community Issue 45 The Village in Windhoek's Central Business District has transformed a once derelict and unsavoury neighbourhood into a mixed-used development.

Point of view Issue 44 Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard has become a showcase for the distinctive designs of Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects. One of the latest additions to their portfolio is a house precariously perched on the slopes of Lion’s head.

Bushveld dream Issue 44 Who doesn't dream of living each day as if it was a holiday? Architect Thomas Gouws has designed a home where you will feel as if you are living in a five-star contemporary lodge.

Saving Face Issue 43 If architect Nico van der Meulen didn`t have the pictures to prove it, no-one would ever believe this masterpiece of modern design in Johannesburg was once a sad and bad 1960s face-brick house.

	The Black House Issue 40 Pristine Boggoms Bay, 20km from Mossel Bay, is home to an imposing seven-bedroom contemporary holiday house that challenges all stereotypes of South African seaside village architecture.

A blueprint for the building blues Issue 36 Building off-plan is never easy but, after much heartache, this couple’s dream home is starting to take shape.

A vision in white Issue 36 Think twice before demolishing. This Pretoria home shows how striking a union between old and new can be when visionary owners decide to renovate.

Painting with Light Issue VISI 34 - Holiday Issue Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens, working with long-time collaborators George Boorsma and Lisebo Mokhesi of Ink Design, have brought a taste of their distinctive resort style into a tired suburban home. The result is a calm, minimalist space (with the feel of an African plain after a rainstorm), which is part of a long tradition of simplicity and stillness in architecture.