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Fairytale villa
Issue 45
An Oranjezicht home with the unusual name of Port Fairy has undergone a few nips and tucks to ehance her Italian-inspired glamour.

Brave new house
Issue 21
Cape Town architect Haydn Ellis writes why he loves the house he designed for a friend turned first client then colleague.

The Family Tree
Issue 49
Amanda du Plessis's home in Riverclub, Johannesburg, is steeped in history, both ancient and modern.

Urban Eden
Issue 48
On a cramped balcony in New York, Marie Viljoen – a South African-born opera singer – grows garlic, tomatoes, figs and roses.

	Northern Exposure Issue 46 Leon Barnard's practice is busy working on Windhoek's tallest (and first ever green) skyscraper, but for himself he built "an ordinary, basic barn with bedrooms at both ends".

The house on the hill
Issue 45
A lock-up-and-go family home may sound like a contradiction in terms. Not so for this Mother City couple and their children who live in their tailor-made designer house.

(Silent) Tower of Babel
Issue 45
About 20 years ago, two dedicated collectors started working on their "Less is a bore" home in De Waterkant in Cape Town.

House of Air and Light
Issue VISI 35 Design Issue
A heavy dry-packed slate gate near the end of a quiet road in Tamboerskloof gives no hint of the new, ultra-modern home within - a place so airy and transparent that it seems to float, almost weightless, above the city bowl below.

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Erika Koutný With clients ranging from Nedbank to the Neighbourgoods Market, chances are you've seen Erika Koutný's work without even knowing it.

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Architect Africa Film Festival 2010 When: 10 Sep 2010 What: 5 cities, 3 weeks, 27 films and 108 screenings. Don't miss out on the Architect Africa Film Festival 2010.

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ZenRocks! by Ronelle van Zyl Cape Town artist Ronelle van Zyl has come up with a clever idea for making the ordinary extraordinary.

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