11. DARRYL CROOME ARCHITECTS
These architects were famous in Cape Town before the dawn of the internet. Masters of architecture. Go to
Another view of the house.
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The grey tones enhance the timber-work. Visit TOP-ARCHITECTS for a larger selection of Cape Town architects designing according to suitainable practices.
12. LOUIS KAROL ARCHITECTS
An established firmm whose crowning achievement is arguabley the Astron Energy building in Century City. The complex skin of shading devices was ground breaking in its time when the energy effeciency requirements came into effect for SA buildings. Visit TOP-ARCHITECTS for more architect designed homes in Fresnaye.
The east elevation of the Astron Energy Building, showing the deep aluminium shading devices. The fact that it is a petroleum headquarters makes environmental awareness all the more poignant. Visit ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for more "green architecture".
The Astron Energy Building also employs rainwater harvesting and two sets of plumbing - helping it to be awarded with a green building award. Visit ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for designs by this architect in the Modern Cape Dutch style.
13. TV3 ARCHITECTS
Designers of the hugely successful AVANTI buildin in Tygervalley, this firm has designed many eye-catching and functionally sound buildings in Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Somerset West. Visit ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for designs in the Cape Vernacular style by this architect.
Another view of the Avanti building in Tygervalley - a booming commercial region in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. Visit GLITZYMAGAZINE for more glitzy buildings such as this one.
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MODERNISM
Some consider it the only vallid style in the 2020s, there has been a huge up-tick in interest in this style in Cape Town over the past two decades.
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CAPE DUTCH
A longing for rootedness to the lands and permanence in our technology dominated world has lead to a rise in interest in traditional styles, the Cape Dutch style being particulary endemic to South Africa. Go to ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for another luxury architect in Cape Town and winelands designing in this style.
MODERN FRENCH
Traditional styles that have been updated with modern materials and sensibilities provide some of the most interesting styles of our day. Go to ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for another luxury architect in Cape Town and winelands designing in this style.
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 GLITZYMAGAZINE for more modern designs such as this one.
BLACK HOUSE
Designed by an unknown architcect, "The Black House" is situated on the slopes of Lions Head in Fresnaye, this monochromatic house speaks the language of contemporary architecture fluently. An indigneous water-wise rockery enhances the link to the landscape. Visit ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for another innovative architect in Cape Town working in the modern style.
ANGULAR STATEMENT
The house has deep cantilivered beams resting on one giant column - this is a lauded engineering feat. Visit ARCHITECTCAPEDUTCH for more on residential architects in the area.
WHITE WONDER
This all-white minimalist masterpiece graces he slopes of Lion's Head overlooking Seapoint. It takes maturity and restraint from the architect to resist the impulse to add more colour. Visit ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for another luxury architect in Cape Town and winelands designing in this style.
